April 28, 2021 | 08:00
Vietnam’s healthcare sector has entered a new history of development with the occurrence of COVID-19. Dr. Kidong Park, representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam, writes about how global partnerships can sustain the efforts and the role of corporate social responsibility in sustainable development of the healthcare sector.
April 09, 2021 | 16:48
A link between AstraZeneca's Covid-19 jabs and blood clots is plausible but unconfirmed, the World Health Organization's vaccine experts said Wednesday, stressing that reported occurrences were "very rare".
April 01, 2021 | 16:00
The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility has arrived in Vietnam, bolstering the country’s vaccine supply.
March 29, 2021 | 13:00
The World Health Organization's relationship with China has been under the spotlight since day one of the pandemic -- and faces even more intense scrutiny after the Covid-19 origins report became public on Monday.
January 15, 2021 | 17:15
Germany on Friday passed two million coronavirus cases as a World Health Organization emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the disease.
January 14, 2021 | 13:31
A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months.
July 28, 2020 | 08:42
The recent detection of new local infections of COVID-19 has proved the efficiency of Vietnam’s communicable disease surveillance system, according to WHO Representative in the country Kidong Park.
July 01, 2020 | 09:00
Never-before-seen activities in Vietnam’s aviation sphere are expected to come to EU businesses soon on the back of the landmark EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement.
June 23, 2020 | 08:07
DUBAI: The World Health Organization sent out a fresh warning on Monday (Jun 22) over the dangers of the new coronavirus even as France returned to life by staging an annual music festival and sending millions of children back to school.
June 19, 2020 | 09:32
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Thursday (Jun 18) that a few hundred million COVID-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of the year - and be targeted at those most vulnerable to the virus.
June 19, 2020 | 09:17
BEIJING: China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million people near its capital on Thursday (Jun 18) to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak as deaths surged in other parts of the world.
June 16, 2020 | 09:30
GENEVA: More than 100 cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded in the fresh outbreak in Beijing, the World Health Organization said on Monday (Jun 15).
June 12, 2020 | 08:28
GENEVA: The speed the new coronavirus jumped from 100,000 to 200,000 confirmed cases in Africa shows just how quickly the pandemic is accelerating on the continent, the World Health Organization said on Thursday (Jun 11).
May 23, 2020 | 09:16
GENEVA: South America has become "a new epicentre" of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Friday (May 22), following a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections.
May 18, 2020 | 10:01
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Monday (May 18) kick off its first ever virtual assembly, but fears abound that US-China tensions could derail the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis.