Tag: WHO

Categories EU

‘Global reset’ needed to fight future pandemics, as creation of WHO research hub announced

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

A “global reset” is needed to fight future pandemics, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn told a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing on Wednesday as the UN agency announced the creation of a new research hub in Berlin. … Read More >‘Global reset’ needed to fight future pandemics, as creation of WHO research hub announced

Categories World

Millions of children at risk from serious disease after Covid disrupts 60 mass immunization campaigns – UN health agencies

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

An alliance of international health agencies has warned that up to 228 million people, mostly children, are at risk from serious disease after the Covid pandemic derailed around 60 mass immunization campaigns in 50 countries. … Read More >Millions of children at risk from serious disease after Covid disrupts 60 mass immunization campaigns – UN health agencies

Categories EU

EU to strike world’s largest Covid-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer, as WHO warns poorest countries still struggling for access

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The European Commission says it has agreed to buy up to 1.8 billion doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine – the world’s biggest supply deal – amid concerns over unequal access for the world’s poorest nations. … Read More >EU to strike world’s largest Covid-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer, as WHO warns poorest countries still struggling for access

Categories EU

Denmark to share AstraZeneca Covid vaccines with poorer nations after declaring jabs too dangerous for Danes – WHO

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

The Danish Health Authority is exploring sending its AstraZeneca Covid vaccines to poorer nations, despite flagging the jab as having a “real risk of severe side effects,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). … Read More >Denmark to share AstraZeneca Covid vaccines with poorer nations after declaring jabs too dangerous for Danes – WHO

Categories World

‘Critical point of the pandemic’: WHO warns Covid cases are ‘growing exponentially’ globally

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

As some states proceed with easing lockdown, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the pandemic is at a “critical point” and new infections are “growing exponentially,” with 4.4 million cases globally last week. … Read More >‘Critical point of the pandemic’: WHO warns Covid cases are ‘growing exponentially’ globally

Categories World

COVAX vaccine distribution scheme delivers jabs to more than 100 nations, despite supply difficulties – Gavi/WHO

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

More than 100 countries have received Covid-19 vaccines since the COVAX distribution scheme launched in February, its organizers have said. However, 38 million delivered doses is a far cry from the two billion goal set for 2021. … Read More >COVAX vaccine distribution scheme delivers jabs to more than 100 nations, despite supply difficulties – Gavi/WHO

Categories Shows

What we now know about coronavirus’ origins after the WHO’s Wuhan investigation

Posted on Posted onBy Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Dominic Dwyer, the Australian Representative of the WHO Investigation in The Origins of COVID-19. He discusses the accusations that the Coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, Coronavirus cases in Wuhan before the discovery of COVID-19, discoveries of COVID-19 antibodies in Italy … Read More >What we now know about coronavirus’ origins after the WHO’s Wuhan investigation