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WHO: Risk to humans from bird flu is low but we must prepare

February 9, 2023

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec 14, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk...

International

WHO: Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant

December 3, 2022

World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a working session on energy and food security during the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Nov 15, 2022. (BAY ISMOYO / POOL VIA REUTERS) Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to...

International

Tedros sole nominee as WHO chief, UN agency says

October 31, 2021

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the start of the construction of the World Health Organisation Academy in Lyon, eastern France, on Sept 27, 2021. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) GENEVA - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has steered the global response to the COVID-19...