The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. …
Children are continuing to suffer the devastating impacts on their learning, mental and physical well-being and safety
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will facilitate the fastest transfer of the Covid-19 vaccine to Georgia. He made such a promise during a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the republic, Georgy Gakharia, the press …
Vaccination of Azerbaijan’s population against Covid-19 will start in early 2021 following the finalization of negotiations for the purchase of vaccines. Authorities in the country defined scientifically substantiated safety as the key criteria a vaccine should meet, Caspian News writes in the article Azerbaijan Reveals Vaccination Plans Amidst Negotiations With Major Vaccine Developers
The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended wearing face masks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate, in an update to its COVID-19 guidance on masks. The new recommendations apply in …
The World Health Organization (WHO) responded to the pandemic in a prompt, professional and proper manner, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Wednesday, TASS reports. …
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has amounted to 28,637,952, increasing by 307,930 in the past 24 hours, a record one-day increase, the World Health Organization reported on Sunday, TASS reports. …
The World Health Organization insisted Friday it would never endorse a vaccine that has not proven safe and effective, amid concerns over the rush to develop a jab for COVID-19, The Japan Times reported. Across the globe, governments …
Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-standing financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency, an internal document seen by …
294,237 cases of coronavirus were registered globally in 24 hours. This is the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began. According to the data published yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths …
Coronavirus infections in Brazil no longer appear to be rising exponentially but the country is “still in the middle of this fight” as new cases and deaths grow by thousands every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on …
The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world. This is due to disruptions in the delivery and uptake of immunization services caused by the …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus, BBC reports. The global body said new information showed they could provide "a …
China has rejected numerous requests from the World Health Organization to allow it to participate in the investigation of the origin of COVID-19. The representative of WHO in China, Dr. Gauden Galea announced this, Sky …
The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up, RFI …
