The Latest Breaking News from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

A video on the present global situation with Covid-19 and the WHO’s guidelines to countries

US President Joe Biden and WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both recently expressed optimism that the Covid-19 crisis may be drawing to an end. But is the pandemic really a thing of the past?

Bahrain has detected its first monkeypox case, the state news agency BNA said on Friday, citing the health ministry. The ministry said the patient was returning from abroad when his symptoms were suspected and diagnosed, BNA added. "The patient, a 29-year-old male expatriate, has arrived in the Kingdom after recent…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world isn't there yet, "but the end is in sight" for the coronavirus pandemic.

Here's your quick catch-up of news happening around the world.

Global weekly deaths down to 11,118 on 5 September – the lowest level since March 2020

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak. At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," he said.

The head of the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths last week was the lowest reported number in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak

The WHO said weekly deaths from the virus around the world are at the lowest level since March 2020

The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.