Coronavirus Global Update Episodes Episode guide
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WHO warns against international travel
New variants mean travel still too risky
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WHO warns against a nationalist race for a vaccine
Its director-general calls for more support for a collaborative approach to the search
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WHO warns against "vaccine nationalism"
The organisation's chief says countries are exacerbating the pandemic
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WHO urges delay in booster jabs to help poorer nations
It says a moratorium until September would help ease vaccine inequity
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WHO team arrives in China
Team of experts is in the city of Wuhan to investigate the origin of coronavirus
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WHO suspends Hydroxychloroquine tests amid safety fears
A recent study showed the anti-malaria drug could cause more deaths in COVID-19 patients
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WHO says number dead from Covid-19 is vastly underestimated
Coronavirus death total 'likely' two or three times higher than officially reported
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WHO says lockdown must be lifted slowly and with control
World Health Organisation warns that lifting of Covid-19 controls must be measured.
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WHO says jab inequity means pandemic will drag on
Slow vaccine supply to poor nations will make the crisis last an extra year experts say
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WHO says focus should be on Delta
The top World Health Organisation official says it is right to be concerned about Omicron
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WHO reports a record increase in infections
More than 300,000 were reported in a 24-hour period
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WHO rejects President Trump's criticism over pandemic
WHO calls on the international community not to get caught up in recriminations.
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WHO promises independent inquiry into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic
The World Health Organisation said the review would happen 'at the earliest opportunity'
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WHO predicts two million deaths
WHO's Mike Ryan says it's possible two million people will die before a vaccine
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WHO meets to consider new variant found in southern Africa
Experts in Geneva will decide if it should be designated a variant of concern
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WHO investigators visit Wuhan market
WHO experts visit the Chinese market thought to be the source of the coronavirus outbreak
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WHO inspectors visit Wuhan lab
Members of the Trump administration had speculated research centre was source of pandemic
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WHO head in Afghanistan
Dr Tedros will discuss the pressure on hospitals amid a funding crisis
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WHO fears Afghanistan surge
The WHO is worried the virus could spread amid chaos after the Taliban takeover
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WHO criticises global vaccine gap
Booster shots in rich nations six times the number of primary doses in poor countries
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WHO criticises European vaccine roll-out
The WHO blames Europe's 'unacceptably slow' vaccine campaigns for prolonging the pandemic
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WHO condemns the world's failure to act together to end the pandemic
The WHO is warning that progress the world is making is too slow
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WHO chief warns of deadly new surge
New countries risk big outbreak says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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WHO chief warns of danger of assuming pandemic is ending
WHO's Tedros Ghebreyesus says Omicron variant may not be the last
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WHO challenges 'immunity passports'
The World Health Organisation warns that past infection is no guarantee of immunity
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WHO boss 'optimistic' Covid-19 can be defeated in new year
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world must avoid 'narrow nationalism'
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WHO asks for billions to help solve pandemic
The global initiative launched by WHO and partners wants 16 billion dollars
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Who are France's anti-mask protesters?
The country, one of the first to introduce compulsory face masks, sees a rise in protests
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WHO angered by lack of vaccine sharing
A WHO scientist says she's enraged by the failure to give poorer countries vaccines
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WHO agrees to investigation of international pandemic response
Member states say probe should focus on future plans, not laying blame
