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WHO chief Tedros praises SaudiArabia for coronavirus measures WHO chief Tedros praises SaudiArabia in Twitter for coronavirus measures. He said As the faithful gather to perform Hajj this year, we welcome the public health planning and steps SaudiArabia has taken to ensure the safety of pilgrims and their communities during the COVID19 pandemic. Amid COVID-19 restrictions. Only 60,000 fully vaccinated citizens and residents of the kingdom are allowed to take part due to the pandemic  The annual Hajj has begun in Saudi Arabia amid COVID restrictions, with only 60,000 vaccinated Saudi citizens and residents selected from among hundreds of thousands of applicants. Eid al-Adha falls on July 20 Muslims all over the world celebrate after the end of “Day of Arafah and the position in which Muslim pilgrims perform the most important rituals of Hajj

WHO declares an end to Ebola 2 outbreak in Guinea Guinea officially declared the end of Ebola. UNICEF commends Guinea. UNICEF has worked alongside the government of Guinea and partners to support the response plan. The synergy of actions has resulted in the end of transmission of the virus in Guinea.  World Health Organization Congratulated Guinean🇬🇳 health authorities, health workers, and communities for the swift response while battling COVID19! End of Ebola in Guinea WHO SAID "But our work is far from over. We must continue to support survivors and monitor their health, without creating unfair stigma. Our teams are also finalizing a 90-day post-epidemic resilience plan to support local health authorities, doctors and communities .Thanks to the lessons learned from that outbreak and new tools including vaccines, Guinea managed to contain the outbreak in just 4 months, and prevent it from spreading beyond its borders. Nearly 11,000 people were vaccinated against Ebola" COV...

WHO condemns the attack on Afrin hospital in Syria resulting in at least 13 killed WHO condemns the attack on Afrin hospital in NW Syria resulting in at least 13 killed and more injured. World health organization chief said Attacks on health care are in violation of international humanitarian laws. Health care must be protected to ensure safe access for all.  Tedros appalled by the continued news of attacks on health care facilities, including this incident in Syria where multiple healthworkers and patients were killed due to an attack on Alshifaa hospital. They are Not A Target.  He added During the COVID19 pandemic, more than ever, protecting the health, welfare and lives of health workers on the frontline is critical to enabling a better response. Health care should be protected to enable safe access to Health For All.

WHO chief says Situation in India beyond heartbreaking World health Organization general tedros said Globally the COVID19 pandemic continues to intensify. Cases have now increased for the 9th straight week, and deaths have increased for the 6th straight week. To put it in perspective, there were almost as many cases world last week as in the 1st 5 months of the pandemic.  It’s pleasing to see small declines in cases and deaths in several regions, but many countries are still experiencing intense COVID19 transmission, and the situation in India is beyond the heartbreaking. WHO is doing everything we can, providing critical equipment and supplies, including thousands of oxygen concentrators, prefabricated mobile field hospitals and laboratory supplies As I mentioned on Friday, WHO has redeployed more than 2600 staff to support the response on the ground, providing support for surveillance, technical advice, and vaccination efforts. Never before has the value of vaccination been so ap...

World🌏 Health Organization Declared Corona virus a Pandemic The coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared, urging governments to step up containment efforts as the number of worldwide cases topped 120,000 and deaths exceeded 4,300. The United Nations body had previously stopped short of such a designation as the illness spread from China, with major outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and Italy, where deaths due to the virus surged past 800 on Wednesday. The infection is now gaining ground across Europe and the U.S. “All countries can still change the course of this pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing. “Those with a handful of cases can prevent those cases becoming clusters and those clusters becoming community transmission. The new coronavirus is the cause of the first pandemic since 2009, when a novel influenza strain swept across the world, infecting millions of people. There’s no strict numerical definition ...