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Covid-19: WHO panel set to decide on emergency use of Chinese vaccine

A key World Health Organisation panel was set to decide whether to authorise the emergency use of a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine

WHO Director General, ex-UK PM urge IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccine

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown have called for a temporary waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights for Covid-19 vaccines.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom plans to seek re-election, says report

In 2017, Ethiopia's Tedros became the first African to head the Geneva-based UN agency and made universal health care coverage his priority

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India's Covid crisis: WHO

Less than 15% of people infected with COVID-19 actually need hospital care and even fewer will need oxygen, says WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic

Despite short supply, COVAX distributed nearly 40 mn vaccine doses: WHO

Close to 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have already been distributed through the COVAX Facility, but vaccine supplies are still stalled due to tremendous demand especially in India, the WHO said

Covid-19: Coronavirus pandemic long way from over, warns WHO chief

There have been now seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO

Covid-19 vaccine shortages hit 60 poor countries in 'shocking imbalance'

Shortage stems mostly from India's decision to stop exporting vaccines from its Serum Institute factory, which produces the overwhelming majority of the AstraZeneca doses.

COVAX to deliver doses to nations despite reduced supply availability: WHO

The COVAX vaccine facility expects to deliver COVID-19 doses to all participating economies that have requested it in the first half of the year despite reduced supply, according to the WHO

WHO rejects SII's proposal for extension of Covishield's shelf life: Report

The WHO has rejected Serum Institute of India's proposal seeking extension of the shelf life of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, from six to nine months, citing insufficient data

AstraZeneca blood clot worries complicate bid to vaccinate the world

Reviews by UK and EU regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot, a cheaper and easier-to-deploy product that many nations are counting on

WHO denies issuing warning of many Covid-19 deaths in India by April 15

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted reports claiming that it has issued a warning on 50,000 fatalities due to Covid-19 in India by April 15

Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra records 47,288 new cases, 155 deaths

Coronavirus LIVE UPDATES: Maharashtra will enter strict weekend lockdown from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am. Essential services and transportation including buses, trains, and taxis will be allowed.

Over 25 world leaders call for international pandemic treaty: WHO chief

Over 25 leaders from "the G20, G7 and from every region" have unanimously called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said

Europe's coronavirus vaccination program is ''unacceptably slow'', says WHO

European nations' immunisation campaigns against Covid-19 are unacceptably slow and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Thursday

France imposes third lockdown amid rising Covid-19 cases, schools closed

The French leader implored the nation to make an extra effort as the lockdown comes into force on Saturday

Covid-19 crisis: China sitting on key data on lab leak, says WHO chief

14 countries raise concerns over joint report by WHO-China on Covid origin

14 countries raise concerns over WHO-China joint report on Covid-19 origin

A group of 14 countries including the US and Japan raised concerns over a report on origins of Covid by the WHO and China, arguing the WHO team "lacked access to complete, original data and samples"

Covid-19 origin likely from bats, animal hosts as pathway: WHO study

A spillover from bats via another animal is the most likely scenario in the report, followed by direct spillover.

New strain of coronavirus discovered at Czech lab, biologist says

The Elisabeth Pharmacon lab has discovered a new strain of the coronavirus, Czech biologist Omar Sery, who is the company's founder, said on Twitter

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 124 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 124 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.73 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University