Bloomberg
WHO Team Has Found 'Important Clues' During China Trip
Feb.07 -- Scientists of the World Health Organization-sponsored mission probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found "important clues" about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the...
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W.H.O. Authorizes Indian-Made COVID-19 Vaccine
The agency granted an emergency use license to Covaxin, saying the two-dose regimen is about 78% effective at preventing severe COVID-19.
Bloomberg
WHO Chief Calls on China to Cooperate With Covid Investigation
Jul.15 -- The World Health Organization’s director general called on China to cooperate in a second phase of studying the origins of the coronavirus as the pandemic rages on around the world. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke at a media...
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Health Experts Call Global Warming Greatest Health Threat
Last month, the head of the WHO referenced the pandemic saying the "risks posed by climate change could dwarf those of any single disease."
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CLEAN : Euro 2020: Hungary fans rejoice after France draw
The World Health Organization officially announces the end of Guinea's second Ebola outbreak, during a ceremony in the southeastern Nzerekore region where the disease surfaced at the end of January and claimed 12 lives (Footage by AFPTV...
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WHO Reports: COVID Cases, Deaths Continue To Fall Globally
The Western Pacific was the only global region where COVID-19 increased, with about a third more infections than the previous week.
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Doctors Warn Of Possible Omicron BA.2 Variant Surge
CDC numbers show BA.2 now makes up roughly 11% of sequenced COVID cases in the United States.
Bloomberg
South Africa Vaccine Advisor Says Omicron Symptoms Appear to Be Mild
Barry Schoub, chairman of South Africa's Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines, says that early data on the omicron variant suggest mild symptoms, even though there are a large number of cases in which fully-vaccinated people cases...
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CLEAN : WHO's Tedros visits South African Covid vaccine development hub
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits the Afrigen facility in Cape Town (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Virus 'Crept Up' on World With Variant, WHO Covid Envoy Says
World Health Envoy Special Envoy on Covid-19 David Nabarro discusses the discovery of a new coronavirus variant and the need for a global response to control Covid-19. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets."
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WHO comments on deadly new virus that spread from patients to medical staff in Saudi Arabia
1. Wide exterior of World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva
2. Mid of Glenn Thomas, WHO Media and Communications Officer, entering WHO building
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Glenn Thomas, WHO Media and Communications Officer:
"We...
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WRAP Countdown clock shows 1 day; security, pollution tests
Beijing - 07 August 2008
1. Wide pan of Beijing Olympics logo in Tiananmen Square
2. Mid of portrait of former leader Mao Zedong on Forbidden City entrance
3. Close of Olympic countdown clock showing one day until opening ceremony
4. Mid...
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Reax as Haitian govt suspends rotation of UN troops from Africa; Colombian ministers' statement
The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) representative in Haiti Jean-Luc Poncelet talked on Thursday about measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola visrus in Haiti.
His comments came a day after...
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Missing sample of deadly flu virus located
1. Wide shot Beirut international airport
2. Interior arrivals at airport
3. Pan Ministry of Health building
4. Close-up ministry's sign
5. Set up of Dr. Walid Ammar
6. Cutaway
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Walid Ammar, Director General,...
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WRAP Village being disinfected, empty chicken farms, WHO comment
Kiziksa, Turkey
1. Woman walking in street
2. Close up of birds on tree
3. Chicken in a garden
4. Wide of men outside village cafÄ‚Å
5. Mid shot of men talking
6. Close up of birds on electric wire
7. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Ali Kocdemer,...
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WHO says it is ethical to use unproven drugs in fight against outbreak in West Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the use of unproven anti-Ebola drugs in West Africa "ethical" on Tuesday, as long as the provision met certain criteria.
After holding a teleconference with medical experts around the world,...
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WHO spokesman says number of Ebola cases has passed 10,000
The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Monday that the number of Ebola cases had exceeded the ten thousand mark, with at least five thousand of those resulting in death.
WHO spokesperson, Tarik Jasarevic, said a lack of beds in...
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NEW Initial tests show Egyptian woman who died had bird flu
1. Exterior shot Ministry of Health
2. Close-up nameplate on the ministry
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Abd el Rahman Shahin, Ministry of Health spokesperson:
"This morning the high supreme committee of avian flu in Egypt, has announced that...
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Health minister says Russia taking serious measures to minimise Ebola spread; WHO director general comments
Russian authorities are taking serious measures to minimise the danger of Ebola spreading, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at a news conference on Monday.
Skvortsova said 7, 500 flights in 71 airports across the country...
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WHO praises China for response to SARS
1. Wide shot of conference room - Shigeru Omi, WHO director for the Western Pacific region, walks up to podium
2. Various cutaways of delegates
3. Close-up of World Health Organisation (WHO) insignia
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shigeru Omi,...
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World Health Organization on Saturday raised its tally of human cases of swine flu and confirmed more deaths related to the outbreak
HEADLINE: WHO raises tally of swine flu cases
CAPTION: During its daily briefing on the swine flu crisis, the World Health Organization on Saturday raised its tally of human cases of swine flu and confirmed more deaths related to the...
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UN says Indonesia needs US$50 million to beat bird flu in poultry
Jakarta, 21 June 2006
1. Wide of bird flu conference with sign overhead reading "Meeting of the Avian Influenza Situation in Indonesia"
2. Wide of meeting
3. Indonesian official addressing meeting
4. Various of people listening
5....
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WHO regional chief on crisis, refugee camps
Daddale area of Galle
1. Ruins of houses, pan to tents where inhabitants of houses now live
2. Various of people living in tents
3. Various of homeless people taking water from tank supplied by World Health Organisation
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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+4:3 Bird flu back in Asia, killing people and fowl in several countries
Ha Nam province - 14 February 2012
1. Wide of duck farm
2. Various of ducks in pond
3. Mid of veterinarians walking in outbreak area
4. Close of veterinarian
5. Various of veterinarian spraying disinfectant
6. Mid of farmer Nguyen Van...