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WHO Announces New Names For Monkeypox Variants To Avoid Causing Offence

August 14, 2022 8:51 am

‘The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid causing any cultural or social offence, the WHO said in a statement. A group of global …

WHO warns of more dangerous variants

July 17, 2021 9:21 am

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that the surging COVID-19 pandemic in many parts of the world increases the likelihood that new, potentially dangerous variants may emerge in the future. “The pandemic is nowhere near finished,” said Professor Didier Houssin, …