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Over 30 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses already administered in 47 countries: WHO
More than 30 million vaccine doses have already been administered in 47 mostly high-income countries but the global vaccine rollout has exposed glaring inequalities in access to this life-saving tool, says the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.
WHO calls for equitable access to Covid vaccines
As Covid-19 cases spike in parts of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and new variants of the virus emerge in some countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for greater global collaboration in ending the pandemic.
China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise
A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush.
What WHO researchers in Wuhan are trying to learn
The WHO team of international researchers that arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday hopes to find clues to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries.
Bangladesh: Frame laws to limit trans fat in foods, say experts
Pointing out that industrially produced trans fat, often present in tasty treats, is a silent killer, experts have urged the Bangladesh government to formulate laws at the earliest to rid foods of the 'abdominal fat' in order to prevent hundreds of premature deaths every year.
WHO urges governments to promote healthy food in public facilities
Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other canteens of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping prevent the 8 million annual deaths currently caused by unhealthy diets, says the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday.
Covid: WHO chief calls on governments to vaccinate at-risk groups in next 100 days
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and others who are at high risk of contracting Covid-19, in the next 100 days.
China: WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Monday.
UN chief for global cooperation for climate action, pandemic response
In his first major speech of the year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the need for global cooperation to address today’s challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.