The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations. Read More
Amid the rapid spread of coronavirus cases, there has been a mad rush to buy and stock medical masks in several countries including India. But does everybody need to wear a mask to protect themselves from the disease? And even if you need to, what ar ...
Amid the novel coronavirus scare around the globe, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Wednesday said its researchers have developed their own hand sanitizer, in line with the standards recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) f ...
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday termed coronavirus (Covid-19) as a major disaster which could lead to a serious slowdown in the economy. ...
With more than 480 confirmed cases and at least eight deaths reported from South East Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for an urgent scale-up of aggressive measures to combat COVID-19 in the region. ...
The number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 110 on Sunday with Uttarakhand reporting its first case and one fresh case each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the Union Health Ministry said. The government has strictly warned the citizens n ...
More than 83,000 confirmed coronavirus cases have been reported outside China as of Monday, exceeding the cumulative number of infections in the Asian giant, where the virus originated last December, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson sai ...
