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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.
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.
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.
WHO chief calls for equitable access to Covid vaccines
World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international equitable vaccine alliance COVAX and they will be ready for distribution as soon as they are delivered.
Covid isn't the only infectious disease threat to world, says WHO chief
In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it's important to remember that COVID-19 is just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world.
UN health agency clears Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines
In an effort to speed up access to Covid-19 vaccination in the developing world, the UN health agency approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccines for emergency use.
UK approves Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Britain on Wednesday authorised emergency use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.”
Next pandemic may be more severe: WHO official
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one" and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.
WHO's Covax facility, procurement from SII to cover initial vaccine needs: Maleque
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said the Coronavirus vaccine will reach the country in the middle of February and the government is prepared for vaccine distribution among people.
Sweden confirms first case of mutated coronavirus strain in traveller from UK
A person who travelled from London to Sweden to celebrate Christmas has been confirmed sick with the new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus that has been rapidly spreading in the UK recently.