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The World Health Organization is warning the Delta variant is the "most transmissible variant identified so far" as medical experts say it also bypasses any immunity from a previous infection.

Health experts from the World Health Organisation say there is not yet enough evidence to confirm that the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to close a funding gap of 16 billion U.S. dollars for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator project.

OPINION / VIEWPOINT By Xinhua Published: Jun 02, 2021 08:01 PM Photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows the US Capitol building behind traffic lights in Washington, DC, the United States.Photo: Xinhua For political purposes, the US side continues to cross the moral bottom line, maliciously concocting conspiracy theories and spreading misinformation, which has fueled an anti-science trend, exacerbated racial discrimination, and undermined the global fight against the pandemic. The US government ha...

The Covid-19 variant first detected in India in October has now spread to at least 62 countries as outbreaks surge across Asia and Africa.

The Covid-19 variant first detected in India in October has now spread to at least 62 countries as outbreaks surge across Asia and Africa.

The United States attempts to politicize the COVID-19 origins study have seriously undermined international cooperation and created difficulties and obstacles for fighting the virus and saving lives worldwide.

A staff member wearing a mask serves the customers at a restaurant in San Mateo, California, the United States, May 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling) "So we would ask that we separate the science from the politics, and let us get on with finding the answers that we need in a proper positive atmosphere, where we can find the science to drive the solutions through a process that's driven by solidarity." GENEVA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The World Health...

The WHO has come under increasing pressure in recent days from U.S. and European officials to take another look at whether the coronavirus could have escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, after a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report came to light, revealing that three researchers sought hospital care after falling ill with Covid-like symptoms in November 2019. Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHOs Health Emergencies Program, asked if countries could separate the politics from the s...

2021-05-25 04:41:23 GMT2021-05-25 12:41:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English GENEVA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off on Monday to stress the urgency of ending the current COVID-19 pandemic and preventing the next one by building a healthier, safer and fairer world. More than a year into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, cases worldwide have risen 40-fold to more than 160 million, while the number of deaths has increased 11 times to over 3 million, according to ...