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Cases declining but Covid pandemic 'far from over': WHO Director General

The global health body is also concerned that several countries are drastically reducing testing

Global death toll inflicted by coronavirus pandemic crosses 6 million: WHO

The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO says boosters needed, reversing previous call

It said vaccination, including the use of boosters, was especially important for people at risk of severe disease.

WHO says it 'strongly supports' Covid booster, reversing previous call

WHO said it is continuing to monitor the global spread of omicron, including a stealth version known as BA.2, which has been documented to have re-infected some people after an initial case of omicron

What are epidemic, pandemic and endemic?

Covid-19's dreadful journey started from China as an epidemic, before it turned into a pandemic. Now, the third wave is likely to become endemic here. So, what is the difference between these terms?

Science amazing, but no global coordination: WHO chief scientist on Covid

She also said the WHO is working on scenarios where variant-proof vaccines are developed and suggested that there is a need for a distributed manufacturing network across the globe

WHO works to spread Covid-19 vaccine technology to more nations

Vaccines have helped to change the course of the Covid-19 pandemic but this scientific triumph has been undermined by vast inequities in access to these life-saving tools, Tedros said

Red Cross to pay salaries of nearly 10,000 Afghan health workers

The ICRC has announced that it will support 28 regional, provincial and teaching hospitals in Afghanistan which includes the payment of the salaries of around 10,000 health workers.

Six African countries to establish mRNA vaccine production: WHO

The announcement was made at a ceremony hosted by the European Council, France, South Africa and WHO

Covid vaccines have reached just half of world population: Report

The data shows that less than 11 per cent of people have received at least one dose against Covid in low-income countries

Omicron sub-variant harder to identify, found in 5 African nations: WHO

The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron's more common 'original' BA.1 variant in countries such as Denmark

Europe entering 'plausible endgame' to Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO

As the winter subsides in much of Europe in the coming weeks, Kluge said the upcoming spring leaves us with the possibility for a long period of tranquility

WHO says it's investigating alleged racism, abuse by top director

The head of the World Health Organization says an investigation is underway into alleged reports that the UN health agency's top official in the Western Pacific engaged in racist, unethical behaviour

No guarantee that future Covid variants will be less severe: WHO

The next Covid-19 variant that will rise will be more contagious than Omicron, but there's no guarantee that the future strains will be milder, the World Health Organization said.

World Health Organisation funding needs a paradigm shift: Director General

With the current funding model, the World Health Organisation (WHO) "is set to fail", warned the global health body chief.

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Covid may shift to endemic in 2022, says Moderna co-founder

World Health Organization officials have said it's too early to make that call as cases surge

Africa's 4th Covid-19 wave, driven by Omicron variant, flattening: WHO

After a six-week surge, Africa's fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic driven primarily by the Omicron variant, is flattening. the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Omicron 'dangerous' virus for unvaccinated people, warns WHO chief

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a "dangerous virus" particularly for those who are unvaccinated, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday."While Omicron causes less severe disease than Delta, it remains a dangerous virus, particularly for those who are unvaccinated," Tedros said during a media briefing on COVID-19.This huge spike in infections is being driven by the Omicron variant, which is rapidly replacing Delta in almost all countries, he said.WHO chief also highlighted Africa's COVID-19 vaccination rate and said "in Africa, more than 85 per cent of people are yet to receive a single dose of vaccine. We cannot end the acute phase of the pandemic unless we close this gap.""We are making progress. In December, COVAX shipped more than double the number of doses it shipped in November, and in the coming days, we expect COVAX to ship its 1 billionth vaccine dose," he stated.He further stated that some of the supply constraints we .

New Covid-19 variant detected in France not a threat yet, says WHO

The new Covid-19 variant called B.1.640 has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization (WHO) said