Tag: Who On Coronavirus

Geneva: Different from SARS, MERS or influenza, COVID-19 is “a unique virus with unique characteristics,” the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said here on Tuesday. “We are understanding this virus and the disease it causes more and more,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, according […]

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has observed that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads less efficiently than influenza or flu virus. However, the WHO also noted that the illness caused by COVID-19 is more severe than that of the flu. In a media release issued on Tuesday, WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted, “COVID-19 […]