https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The WHO's European director warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won't end until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, and criticised Europe's vaccine rollout as "too slow". https://www.thelocal.ch/20210529/pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director Sat, 29 May 2021 14:50:51 +0200 pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director The number of new coronavirus cases has resurged in Europe after six weeks of falling figures, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20210304/covid-19-cases-in-europe-back-on-the-rise-after-weeks-of-decline Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:16:13 +0100 covid-19-cases-in-europe-back-on-the-rise-after-weeks-of-decline The World Health Organization warned European countries Tuesday about "pandemic fatigue" which it says threatens the continent's ability to tackle the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201007/what-can-europe-do-about-pandemic-fatigue Wed, 07 Oct 2020 11:17:28 +0200 what-can-europe-do-about-pandemic-fatigue The European chapter of the World Health Organization on Thursday said it saw "alarming rates of transmission" of Covid-19 across the region and warned countries against shortening quarantine periods. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200917/europes-alarming-infection-rates-and-shorter-quarantine-periods-worry-who Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:55:25 +0200 europes-alarming-infection-rates-and-shorter-quarantine-periods-worry-who Taiwan launched a global appeal on Monday May 21st to be granted access to the World Health Organization's main annual meeting, after tensions with China led to its exclusion for a second straight year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180521/taiwan-pleads-for-access-to-key-who-meeting-in-switzerland Mon, 21 May 2018 13:41:56 +0200 taiwan-pleads-for-access-to-key-who-meeting-in-switzerland The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday reversed his decision to name Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador, following widespread uproar. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171022/who-chief-reverses-mugabe-ambassador-appointment Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:33:09 +0200 who-chief-reverses-mugabe-ambassador-appointment About 40 potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170202/who-no-zika-vaccine-before-2020 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:51:13 +0100 who-no-zika-vaccine-before-2020 Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160927/who-calls-for-action-against-air-pollution Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:38:30 +0200 who-calls-for-action-against-air-pollution The World Health Organization on Monday released its first-ever guidelines on how medical professionals should treat victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), hoping to ease the terrible suffering caused by the widely condemned practice. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160516/who-how-to-treat-fgm-victims Mon, 16 May 2016 17:43:07 +0200 who-how-to-treat-fgm-victims Legislation against the promotion of breast milk substitutes must be significantly tightened if global efforts to encourage breast feeding are to succeed, a UN report warned on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160510/un-breast-is-best-so-quit-promoting-baby-formula Tue, 10 May 2016 10:17:11 +0200 un-breast-is-best-so-quit-promoting-baby-formula One in four deaths worldwide are due to environmental factors like air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsafe roads and workplace stress, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160315/unhealthy-environment-causes-14-of-deaths-globally-who Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:03:58 +0100 unhealthy-environment-causes-14-of-deaths-globally-who The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing birth defects, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160128/zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:36:56 +0100 zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in developing countries, a commission for the Geneva-based World Health Organization says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160125/obesity-becoming-exploding-nightmare-who-report Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:36:21 +0100 obesity-becoming-exploding-nightmare-who-report The Ebola epidemic that has ravaged west Africa for two years is over after Liberia, the last affected country, received the all-clear, the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160114/who-declares-end-to-ebola-virus-epidemic Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:08:35 +0100 who-declares-end-to-ebola-virus-epidemic The upcoming climate summit in Paris could produce the most important agreement of the century for public health matters, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151117/who-hypes-climate-change-summit-prospects Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:15:34 +0100 who-hypes-climate-change-summit-prospects The Swiss meat industry was put on the defensive by a report this week from the Geneva-based World Health Organization that found processed red meats such as sausages and bacon are probably carcinogenic and can cause cancer. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151027/swiss-eat-half-as-much-meat-as-americans Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:07:28 +0100 swiss-eat-half-as-much-meat-as-americans The MERS outbreak in South Korea is a "wakeup call", the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Wednesday as it urged all countries to be more vigilant. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150617/mers-deaths-in-south-korea-a-wakeup-call Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:30:11 +0200 mers-deaths-in-south-korea-a-wakeup-call Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in Geneva on Monday urged all countries to help combat the misuse of antibiotics, which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases to become killers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150518/merkel-warns-who-conference-of-antibiotics-dangers Mon, 18 May 2015 16:27:20 +0200 merkel-warns-who-conference-of-antibiotics-dangers A UN-sponsored report on Monday denounced the Geneva-based World Health Organization's slow response to the Ebola outbreak and said the agency still did not have the capacity to tackle a similar crisis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150511/report-slams-whos-inadequate-response-to-ebola Mon, 11 May 2015 16:57:29 +0200 report-slams-whos-inadequate-response-to-ebola The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Tuesday unveiled a plan to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus, aiming to identify and isolate the dwindling number of new cases by the end of May. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150428/who-unveils-plan-to-wipe-out-ebola-virus Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:59:32 +0200 who-unveils-plan-to-wipe-out-ebola-virus