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A wastebasket sits full of syringes and gloves after residents received a dose of the third Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at San Jeronimo nursing home, in Estella, around 38 kms from Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 23. 2021. The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, “moon suits” and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Too many masks: WHO cites glut of waste from COVID response

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France, Thursday Jan. 13, 2022. The omicron variant is exposing weaknesses at the heart of Europe's public health system. In France and Britain, a sharp rise in coronavirus hospitalizations coupled with staff falling sick has led to a shortage of beds. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

WHO official hoping omicron leads to pandemic endgame

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A heath worker takes a nasal swab sample from a student to test for the coronavirus at a school, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

WHO counts 18 million virus cases last week as omicron slows

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Medical workers wearing protective gear prepare to take samples at a temporary screening clinic for the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

WHO: Global COVID-19 cases up 11% last week, omicron risk high

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), talks to the media regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 and WHO's global health priorities in 2022, during a new press conference, at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

WHO chief: Blanket booster drives risk prolonging pandemic

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This Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 file photo shows a vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine ready for use in a trial at St. George's University hospital in London. The global health agency added Nuvaxovid, also known as NVX-CoV2373, to its emergency use listing following an approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

WHO authorizes tenth COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Maryland-based biotech company Novavax

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

People queue up, at right, for coronavirus booster jabs at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Long lines have formed for booster shots across England as the U.K. government urged all adults to protect themselves against the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Omicron variant probably in most countries even if undetected: WHO director

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, speaks at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2021. A group of four Republican senators sent Mr. Tedros a letter on Dec. 10, 2021, in which they took issue with the WHO's official explanation for why it didn't name the omicron variant the "xi" variant. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Exclusive: Republicans say WHO pandered to China by skipping ‘xi’ in COVID names

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Used syringes in a bin at Swaminarayan School vaccination centre, in London, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. The World Health Organization expressed concerns that rich countries spooked by the emergence of the omicron variant could step up hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines and strain global supplies again. It said that could complicate efforts to stamp out the pandemic. The U.N. health agency reiterated its advice to governments against wide-scale use of boosters in their populations so that well-stocked countries instead can send doses to vulnerable people in poorer countries that have largely lacked access to them. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

WHO warns fears of omicron could spark new vaccine hoarding

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland on May 24, 2021. The World Health Organization is opening a long-planned special session of member states to discuss ways to strengthen the global fight against pandemics like the coronavirus, just as the worrying new omicron variant has sparked immediate concerns worldwide. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO: It’s not just quantity — COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa must be coordinated

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People, some wearing face masks, walk in Regent Street, in London, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was necessary to take &quot;targeted and precautionary measures&quot; after two people tested positive for the new variant in England. He also said mask-wearing in shops and on public transport will be required. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

WHO criticizes travel bans on southern African countries

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. Collins says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and becoming a prominent source of public information during the coronavirus pandemic. A formal announcement was expected Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, from NIH. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Omicron variant renews COVID fears, triggers travel bans

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

WHO accused of politics for naming latest variant ‘omicron’ instead of ‘xi’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - A young woman reacts as she receives a Pfizer jab against COVID-19, in Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province, Minister of Health Joe Phaahla announced Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

WHO to debate dangerous South Africa coronavirus variant with ‘many mutations’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man waits to get a COVID-19 vaccine, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday to combat soaring coronavirus infections, a step being closely watched by other European governments struggling with national outbreaks that are straining health care systems. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Europe is only region with more COVID, with 11% case rise

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World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus waves as he arrives for a meeting of G20 finance and health ministers at the Salone delle Fontane (Hall of Fountains) in Rome, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. The World Health Organization says its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is running unopposed for a second five-year term. The U.N. health agency made the announcement Friday after the deadline for candidacies for the next five-year term expired on Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

WHO Director-General Tedros unopposed for 2nd five-year term

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In this Jan. 14, 2021, file photo, a worker in protective coverings directs members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team on their arrival at the airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday, Oct. 14, warned against what it called possible “political manipulation” of a renewed probe by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus, while saying it would support the international body's efforts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China warns against ‘manipulation’ of WHO virus probe

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In this file photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, health officials prepare to vaccinate residents of the Malawi village of Tomali, where young children become test subjects for the world's first vaccine against malaria. The World Health Organization recommended that the world’s first malaria vaccine be given to children across Africa, in a move officials hope will spur the stalled progress against efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

U.N. endorses world’s 1st malaria vaccine as ‘historic moment’

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Fu Cong, a Foreign Ministry director-general, speaks at a briefing for foreign journalists at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. China went on the offensive Wednesday ahead of the release of a U.S. intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus, bringing out the senior official to accuse the United States of politicizing the issue by seeking to blame China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Experts on WHO team say search for COVID-19 origins has stalled

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends the Bastille Day military parade, in Paris. The head of the World Health Organization has appealed on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines, to ensure doses are available in countries where few people have yet received their first shots. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

WHO seeks COVID-19 vaccine booster moratorium to ensure enough doses

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press