Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Last News

Five years ago today, a global announcement was made that saw the world change.

Brits are being warned about a new disease that could potentially "cause 20 times more deaths than Covid-19".

The world needs to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic in order to prepare for "even deadlier" viruses in the future, a World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has warned.

The World Health Organization today ended its designation of Covid as a “global health emergency.”

COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization said Friday, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide.«It's with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,» WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.«That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat,» he said, adding he wouldn't hesitate to reconvene experts to reassess the situation should COVID-19 «put our world in peril.»The U.N. health agency says that thousands of people are still dying from the virus every week, and there have been recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. COVID was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.

The end of the Coronavirus pandemic is 'within sight' according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as weekly deaths from the virus around the world hit the lowest level since March 2020.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday declared a global health emergency over the rapid spread of monkeypox.

Carson Burton The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency.The rare designation means that the W.H.O. now views the outbreak as a significant enough threat to global health that a coordinated international response is needed.The announcement was made on Saturday morning for the W.H.O.’s second emergency committee on the issue this week. Dr.

Centaurus is the nickname of a new coronavirus subvariant that has been detected in around 10 countries, including the UK.

Governments should consider reintroducing Covid protection measures amid a global “increasing trend of deaths” from the virus, a World Health Organisation (WHO) chief has warned.

“At present there are a number of Omicron sub-lineages we’re following closely, including BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5 and another recombinant detected, made up of BA.1 and BA.2,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today. That recombinant is called XE and, until today was the newest more-transmissible variant raising concern. Now there are subvariants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1.

Selena Gomez joins the list of celebrities who took up the Safe Hands Challenged. The challenge was started by WHO's Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Several celebrities are recording videos to help their fans understand the right technique of washing their hands amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Selena took to Instagram and shared a two-part video to show how to wash your hands correctly. She jokingly admits she had to “redo this video so many times" before she could share it with her 171 million followers.