Tag: WHO
WHO calls for moratorium on booster Covid-19 vaccine shots
Tedros stressed the need for an urgent reversal of vaccination supply, saying a majority of vaccines are going to high-income countries when...
WHO Chief calls for global pandemic treaty
Ghebreyesus said that the defining characteristic of the pandemic is the lack of sharing: of data, information, pathogens, technologies and resources...reports...
Covid variants to be renamed as Greek letters
The existing systems for naming and tracking genetic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes Covid-19 - will remain in use...
‘Covid-19 killed 1,15,000 health workers’
WHO chief lamented that so many healthcare workers lost their lives in the last 18 months and many more will lose as...
WHO asks rich nations to share more jabs
Thedemand comes as, last week, the US, Canada and Switzerland laid out plans to begin coronavirus vaccine shots for adolescents....reports Asian Lite...
Indian variant: WHO warns against hasty conclusions
It is not clear at this point to what extent the variant was responsible for the rapid increase in cases in...
COVAX doled out 40mn jabs amid shortage
WHO urged populations to continue practicing the infection control measures as vaccines represent just one approach to dealing with Covid-19...reports Asian Lite...
WHO chief condemns global vax divide
"There remains a shocking imbalance in the global distribution of vaccines," said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...reports Asian Lite News
WHO backed Covid origin report unveiled
A total of 34 experts from the WHO and China jointly conducted a 28-day research from January 14 to February 10 in...
WHO warns against easing curbs too early
Many European countries are currently reinforcing lockdown
Kluge's warning on Thursday came as the region has...
