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The single aid corridor bypassing government-controlled areas and servicing the war-shattered region, which is home to four million people, was temporarily cut off by Monday's massive quake

A senior World Health Organization official bemoaned Syria's "forgotten crisis" on Friday, as aid began trickling into rebel-held areas, days after a devastating earthquake.As the WHO prepared to fly medical supplies to Syria from Dubai, Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, said a huge backlog of aid was waiting to reach Syria's rebel-held northwest.The single aid corridor bypassing government-controlled areas and servicing the war-sha...

PETALING JAYA: The World Health Organization (WHO) is confident Malaysia's Covid-19 pandemic response will serve the country well as a key member of the standing committee on global health emergency preparedness, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

WHO has said that China is "heavily underreporting" the number of covid-19 deaths from the current wave of infections sweeping the country.

Looking at information from the US, the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron, dubbed ‘Kraken’, might become the dominant Covid-19 strain.

Health Minister Mark Butler has defended the governments decision to impose pre-departure COVID-19 testing on travellers from China, arguing he has acted in line with counties comparable to Australia.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that China is "under-representing the true impact" of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, especially the exact number of deaths.In a statement on Wednesday, Michael Ryan, Executive Director ...

In a statement on Wednesday, Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHOs Health Emergencies Programme, said:

As per WHO list, the highest numbers of new weekly COVID cases (as of December 18) were reported from Japan (1,046,650 new cases).

KUALA LUMPUR: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been appointed chair of a new World Health Organization (WHO) standing committee on pandemic response.