WHO: Covid-19 Omicron variant poses very high risk
GENEVA, Nov 29 — The new Covid-19 variant Omicron poses a “very high” risk globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday. “If another...
North Korea claims no confirmed cases of coronavirus: WHO
SEOUL, Dec 22 — North Korea has conducted coronavirus tests on more than 10,000 people but no outbreak has been reported in the country yet,...
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 55 million, WHO “extremely concerned”
NEW YORK/GENEVA, Nov 17 — Global Covid-19 cases topped 55 million on Tuesday, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins...
WHO says smokers wanting to give up smoking amid Covid-19 pandemic
MOSCOW, May 29 — Hundreds of thousands of smokers are wanting to quit during the global pandemic of the Covid-19 lung disease, said Ruediger Krech,...
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 160,000
ANKARA, April 19 — Global fatalities from the novel coronavirus surpassed 160,000 on Sunday, according to a running tally by the United States (US)-based Johns...
Covid-19 cases surpass 110,000 worldwide
ANKARA, March 9 — The novel coronavirus, officially known as Covid-19, infected more than 110,000 people across the world, Anadolu agency reported based on a...