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UPDATED: WHO says its advisory committee looking at AstraZeneca vaccine issues
A World Health Organization expert advisory committee is currently looking at AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after some countries paused distribution of it, but…
20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine rolled out under COVAX: WHO chief
More than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been provided to 20 countries under COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access), the World…
“Get back to basics”- WHO Director warns European countries
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Europe rose last week ending a six-week decline, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on…
168 million children worldwide have missed school for a year
Worldwide, more than 168 million children have had their schools completely shut for almost a year, according to UNICEF, due to coronavirus…
Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low: WHO
The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time…
WHO says working with EC to manage regional COVID vaccine donations
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with the European Commission to coordinate COVID-19 vaccine donations for other countries on the continent,…
Hunger in Central America skyrockets
The number of people going hungry in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has nearly quadrupled in the last two years, the…
U.N. Secretary-General warns he world faces a pandemic of human rights abuses in the wake of Covid-19
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has written an op-ed for the Guardian in which he warns that the world “faces a…
Individual vaccine arrangements undermine fair distribution, WHO head says
ZURICH — The World Health Organization on Thursday urged nations producing COVID-19 vaccines not to distribute them unilaterally but to donate them…
WHO alerts six African countries after Ebola outbreaks
The World Health Organization has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday reported new…
WHO says new global Covid cases fell 16% last week
The number of new Covid cases reported worldwide fell 16% last week, to 2.7 million, the World Health Organization has said. The…
WHO approves AstraZenecaCOVID-1 9 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively…