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Health workers carry the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for his cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Global coronavirus deaths rise for 1st time in 6 weeks: WHO

The increase is due in part to the spread of a variant that first emerged in Britain and is now circulating in many other places

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks on as he addresses the media after the Friday prayers in Istanbul, Turkey March 12, 2021. Presidential Press OfficeHandout via REUTERS
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Turkey's Erdogan quits European treaty on violence against women

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO: Vaccine rollout unaffected by concerns over AstraZeneca

A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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WHO insists AstraZeneca vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacks

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’s pandemic response: From criticism to Nobel?

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One in four people to have hearing problems by 2050: WHO 

Peter Ben Embarek, and other members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
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WHO team probing Covid-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'

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Russia reports world's first case of human infection with H5N8 bird flu

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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Global new Covid-19 cases decline for 5 weeks but "we're not out of the woods yet": WHO

UK PM Boris Johnson. File Photo: Reuters
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World needs pandemic treaty to ensure transparency: Boris Johnson

Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, leave an exhibition on how China fought the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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WHO team finds possible signs of wider Covid outbreak in Wuhan: Report

Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, leave an exhibition on how China fought the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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US, WHO push China for data from early days of contagion

File Photo: A member of the medical staff holds a vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, near Paris, France, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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AstraZeneca vaccine could get WHO emergency approval by mid-February