WHO declares coronavirus outbreak as pandemic

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the coronavirus as a pandemic. "We have made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic," WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus......

Places where you can get tested for coronavirus

“We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test.” These are the words of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, speaking at......

There might never be silver bullet for COVID-19: WHO

A number of coronavirus vaccines are now in phase three of clinical trials but "there's no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health......

US reports first case of Omicron

The United States on Wednesday (local time) reported its first case of the 'Omicron' variant of the COVID-19. Photograph: ANI Photo The case has been detected in the US state of California, Top......

Tokyo kicks off Games amid COVID-19 fears

IMAGE: The Olympic rings are seen on a flag during training. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball......

WHO advising IOC, Tokyo, says decision on Olympics 'very soon'

IMAGE: Fake blood in seen in test tubes labelled with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of a displayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo in this illustration taken on March 19, 2020 (Image used for......

Tokyo Olympics: What you need to know

IMAGE: The Japanese women's softball team got the Tokyo 2020 Olympics off to a winning start for the hosts on Wednesday. Photograph: Yuichi Masuda/Getty Images The hometown team scored the first......

Chhetri, Messi part of FIFA's campaign against COVID-19

The 'Pass the message to kick out coronavirus' campaign calls for people around the world to follow five key steps to protect their health in line with WHO’s guidelines. India captain Sunil......