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COVID will continue to spread as people mix and travel – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The SARS-CoV-2 virus will continue to spread intensely as societies return to the social mixing and mobility of a pre-pandemic period, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) emergency…
Children at lower risk from COVID, vaccines should go to poor – WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe COVID-19 disease, countries should prioritise adults and sharing vaccine doses with the COVAX programme…
Total COVID deaths in Europe could exceed 2.2 million by March – WHO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday a further 700,000 people could die from COVID-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to…
Global licence deal to provide COVID antibody test tech free to poorer countries – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - A global licence for serological technology that detects COVID-19 antibodies will be provided royalty-free to poor and middle-income countries under a first of its kind agreement to…
WHO chief says his home region in Ethiopia under ‘systematic’ blockade
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's chief said on Friday his home Tigray region in northern Ethiopia was being subjected to a "systematic" blockade and people were dying because…
A million Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition, WHO says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1 million of them at…
WHO, UNICEF launch Afghan polio vaccine campaign with Taliban backing
(Corrects organisation of Naikwali Shah Momim from WHO to Afghanistan's ministry of health) KABUL (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children's agency kicked off a…
What leaders, health experts said about Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
(Reuters) - A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing…
Europe faces real threat of COVID-19 resurgence, WHO Europe head says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization's Europe head said on Thursday. Current transmission…
WHO Approves Indian Covid 19 vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN for Emergency Use
Coming on the heels of PM Modi's aggressive vaccine diplomacy during the G20 summit and COP26 at Glasgow, WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to COVAXIN® (developed by Bharat…
Britain sending millions more COVID doses to developing nations
ROME (Reuters) - Britain will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries by the end of this year, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell other world…
EU leaders’ chairman cautiously optimistic on global treaty on pandemics
ROME (Reuters) - The chairman of European Union leaders said on Friday he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a global treaty on future pandemics, with the World Health…
