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A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO-led trial to study three anti-inflammatory drugs for Covid-19 patients

"These therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalised Covid-19 patients,"...

FILE PHOTO: New temporary cycle paths are established because of less car traffic, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
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Ignoring WHO call, Germany, France to give Covid-19 vaccine boosters

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
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WHO calls for halting Covid-19 vaccine boosters in favor of unvaccinated

World Health Organization logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
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WHO's pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages

Healthcare workers wearing PPE (personal protective equipment) prepare themselves to treat patients at the emergency hospital for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
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Delta variant reported in 124 territories worldwide: WHO

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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WHO panel advises against Covid-19 vaccination proof for travel

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a bilateral meeting with Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th World Health Assembly at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland May 24, 2021. Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS
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China should provide raw data on pandemic's origins - WHO's Tedros

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan attends a press conference organised by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the Covid-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. REUTERS
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WHO warns individuals against mixing and matching Covid vaccines

World Health Organization logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
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WHO warns against mixing and matching Covid vaccines

Covaxin is produced by Bharat Biotech and is one of the vaccines being used in the nationwide inoculation drive. Photo :AFP via Hindustan Times
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Covaxin to get WHO nod soon? Chief scientist says Covid-19 vaccine trial data 'looks good'

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO urges countries 'not to lose gains' by prematurely lifting Covid-19 measures

Federal police officers check air passengers arriving from Britain at Frankfurt Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Frankfurt, Germany, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
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WHO warns of a new Covid wave in Europe

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO estimates Covid-19 boosters needed yearly for most vulnerable