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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Australia had no Plan B, it came back to haunt

WHO warns of 'chaos' if individuals mix shots, Astra-Oxford said to be looking at tweaking vaccine to prevent rare clots, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Average daily vaccinations drop in July

WHO warns against mixing and matching vaccines, Madhya Pradesh adds 1,478 Covid 'backlog' deaths, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading worldwide at scorching pace: WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO warned of the 'devastating outbreaks' caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19

WHO issues new recommendations on human genome editing technology

While human genome editing technology has opened the doors for treating rare diseases, there are also risks associated with it

Too soon to say if Americans may need vaccine booster: Dr. Anthony Fauci

The government's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely that Americans will need a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, but it is too soon for the government to recommend another shot. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration did the right thing last week by pushing back against drugmaker Pfizer's assertion about a booster within 12 months. Hours after Pfizer's statement Thursday that it would seek authorization for a third dose, the two agencies said they did not view the booster shots as necessary at this time. Fauci said clinical studies and laboratory data have yet to fully bear out the need for a booster to the current two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson regimen. Right now, given the data and the information we have, we do not need to give people a third ...

World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million Covid-19 deaths: WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world is at a perilous point in this Covid-19 pandemic

Delta variant dangerous, continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO chief

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm

WHO welcomes report on efficacy of longer gaps between AstraZeneca doses

The fast-spreading delta variant is now dominating conversations about the virus, with vaccine efficacy measures, case counts and country lockdowns increasingly focused on it

Experts question if WHO should lead Covid-19 pandemic origins probe

An increasing number of scientists say the UN agency it isn't up to the task and shouldn't be the one to investigate

Covax calls for equal recognition of Covid-19 vaccines approved by WHO

Covax on Thursday urged governments around the world to recognize as fully vaccinated all people who have received Covid-19 vaccines that have been deemed safe and effective by WHO

Any WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccine should be allowed for travel, says UN

The World Health Organisation said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorised for emergency use should be recognised by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travellers. The move could challenge Western countries to broaden their acceptance of two apparently less effective Chinese vaccines, which the UN health agency has licensed but most European and North American countries have not. In addition to vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna Inc, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, the WHO has also given the green light to the two Chinese jabs, made by Sinovac and Sinopharm. In its aim to restore travel across Europe, the European Union said in May that it would only recognise people as vaccinated if they had received shots licensed by the European Medicines Agency -- although it's up to individual countries if they wish to let in travellers who have received other vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V. The EU drug regulator is currently considering licensing

Highly transmissible Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

The Delta Covid-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation said

India believes there is urgent need for major reforms in WHO: Harsh Vardhan

India believes there is an urgent need for carrying out "major reforms" in the World Health Organization to ensure a timely, focused and effective response to potential future pandemics

African Union urges EU to expand vax list to include WHO-Covax vaccines

The African countries have received the Covishield jab from WHO-led Covax

EU, WHO launch new tool to evaluate effectiveness of contact tracing

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a tool to evaluate the public health effectiveness of contact tracing solutions

Covid vax may not be enough, masks, distancing must continue: WHO

As the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading rapidly, being vaccinated may not be enough, people must continue wearing masks, maintain social distancing

Africa's Covid-19 caseload at historic high amid third wave: WHO official

The number of Covid-19 cases in Africa has increased at an unprecedented pace as continent grapples amid the ongoing third wave that has posed a dire threat to continent's public health infrastructure

Now in 85 countries, Delta variant expected to become dominant lineage: WHO

The Delta variant, the significantly more transmissible strain of Covid-19, is expected to become a dominant lineage if current trends continue, the WHO has warned

WHO raises concerns over Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant

WHO has raised concerns over a manufacturing plant responsible for filling the vials with the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Not a single case of Covid-19 detected, North Korea tells WHO

North Korea has told the World Health Organisation it tested more than 30,000 people for the coronavirus through June 10 but has yet to find a single infection