GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was about to restart the process of approving Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following a series of problems with the dossier. WHO authorisation has been sought for the Sputnik V jab created by Russia’s Gamaleya research institute, which is already being used in 45 countries, according … Read more
The head of the World Health Organization apologised Tuesday after independent investigators probing allegations of sexual abuse in the DR Congo by the UN agency’s staff issued a damning indictment citing “clear structural failures” and “individual negligence.” “This is a dark day for WHO,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said after the report into the accusations against … Read more
With no masks in sight, buzzing offices and concerts drawing tens of thousands, Denmark on Friday ditches vaccine passports in nightclubs, ending its last Covid curb. The vaccine passports were introduced in March 2021 when Copenhagen slowly started easing restrictions. They were abolished at all venues on September 1, except in nightclubs, where they will … Read more
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has advised countries to avoid giving coronavirus vaccines boosters until year-end. He pointed toward the millions worldwide who are yet to obtain a single dose. “I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be … Read more
KATHMANDU: World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for countries to work together to ensure that a pandemic at the magnitude of Covid-19 shall not occur again in the near future. “The pandemic’s impact differs from country to country,” Ghebreyesus said at the inaugural ceremony of the 74th Session of the … Read more
The WHO warned on Thursday that most African countries are on track to fail the “crucial goal” of vaccinating the most vulnerable ten percent of their people against COVID-19 by the end of the month. The WHO’s African office warned that 42 of Africa’s 54 countries, or roughly 80%, are on track to fail the … Read more
RIYADH: Premium vaping brand RELX has officially launched in the kingdom, as more Saudi youth are resorting to e-cigarettes, Arab News reported. The vaping products are also available in the UAE and Kuwait, and signal RELX’s intention to expand into the rest of the Middle East and North Africa this year. The launch comes as … Read more
WHO Europe rejected a claim made earlier this month by the World Health Organization (WHO) that statistics did not justify the use of COVID-19 booster doses. “A third dose of vaccine is not a luxury booster (that is) taken away from someone who is still waiting for a first jab. It’s basically a way to … Read more
High transmission rates, slow vaccination process, and the easing of restrictions are the three main factors according to the Europe chief of WHO. According to Kluge, 33 out of the 53 member states of the WHO Europe had an infection rate of more than 10% in the previous two weeks, mostly attributing to the extremely contagious delta variant. … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF stated that Teachers and other school members should be among the groups selected for Covid inoculations so that schools in Europe and Central Asia can remain open for the entire year. WHO wants to take procedures to confirm that schools can stay open throughout the pandemic. The UN … Read more
WHO’s pandemic program aims to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac and Sinopharm COVID-19 jabs by the end of September. Chinese vaccination will be sent mostly to African and Asian countries, in its first delivery of Chinese vaccines, a WHO document shows. The Chinese shipments will aid the spluttering global COVAX vaccine sharing program … Read more
NEW DELHI: India may be entering an endemic stage of the Covid-19 pandemic where there is a low or moderate level of transmission going on, said WHO Chief Scientist, Soumya Swaminathan. Swaminathan made the comments in an interview with a local news portal The Wire on Tuesday. “We may be entering some kind of stage … Read more
Following criticism from China that the research had been “politicized,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has formed a new investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19. “Following the publication of the WHO-China joint report of the phase one studies on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in March … Read more
COPENHAGEN: The virus that causes Covid-19 has not been detected in breast milk and breastfeeding does not need to be discontinued during Covid-19 infection nor following vaccination of the mother, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said Wednesday. The latest finding, although based on a “limited number of studies,” has made the … Read more
BEIJING: The so-called report on Covid-19 origin tracing by US congressmen is totally based on the concocted lies and distorted facts without providing any evidence, which is not credible or scientific, a China Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. On August 2, Representative Michael McCaul, Lead Republican of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a … Read more
The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday an outpouring of coronavirus cases in several Middle Eastern countries could have calamitous consequences, intensified by the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccine availability. After a reduction in cases and deaths in the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean region for eight weeks, the agency said there has been … Read more
The World Health Organization – WHO chief scientist directed people against mixing and matching COVID-19 inoculations from dissimilar producers, calling it a “dangerous trend” meanwhile there was diminutive data accessible about the health influence. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as to mix … Read more
The World Health Organization(WHO) recently studied the Delta variant, which was first noticed in India is also the “most transmissible of the variants identified so far”. Some of India’s immediate neighbors such as Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka experienced a gush in contamination rate from May 2021, according to the WHO. The extremely transmissible Delta … Read more
Bangladesh has ordered its citizens to stay at home with the strict lockdown extended for another week. The notification came a day after the daily coronavirus deaths reached a record high. In a notification issued on Monday, the Cabinet Division said that the ongoing restrictions will remain effective until July 14 midnight. The authorities reported … Read more
The World Health Organization – WHO has declared China malaria-free on Wednesday. China is the first country in the Western Pacific district to completely eradicate the dangerous infection in more than 30 years. Malaria is a scrounging disease spread through the bite of a female mosquito, worldwide the deadly infection has claimed 400,000 lives in … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared China malaria-free. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a malaria-free certificate to China, according to a report of international news agency AFP. China has become the 40th country in the world to be certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. There is also a list of … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The head of the UN health agency expressed concern over the coronavirus’ delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) told journalists at a regular briefing in Geneva that delta has been identified in at least 85 countries and … Read more
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms & Special Initiatives Asad Umar has advised the World Health Organization (WHO) to take a worldwide resolution about the vaccines that are suitable for traveling instead of every country making its own decision on vaccine acceptability. “Vaccine acceptability decisions have to be taken by a global institution like WHO,” … Read more
Indonesia passes two million coronavirus cases since the pandemic broke out. The hospitals have been flooding with new patients. The unwanted milestone was hit when the case rates spiked up by times two. The authorities said this might be because of highly infectious COVID-19 variants. On Monday, Indonesia recorded 14,536 new cases, taking total cases … Read more
COVID-19 started back in December 2019 in China. A senior Chinese expert says that the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigation as some traces of the virus could have been present as early as December 2019. According to the study conducted by the US National Institutes for Health (NIH), … Read more
Several studies have found that people are working longer hours and carrying heavier workloads during COVID. The ‘always on’ syndrome only adds to the stress. People are working through illness, taking shorter lunch breaks, and eating mostly while working. According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, persons who work longer hours are at … Read more
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have praised the Government of Pakistan’s constant determination to eradicate polio from the country. The UN agencies applauded the strenuous efforts made to make sure inoculation programs sustained even during COVID-19 heaves in the country. Both agencies urged for greater unity and more … Read more
The World Health Organization has advised Europeans to travel responsibly during the holiday season, as it cautioned that the continent was “by no means out of danger” in the battle against the deadly CoronaVirus. “With increasing social gatherings, greater population mobility, and large festivals and sports tournaments taking place in the coming days and weeks, … Read more
