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LIVE: Two SA returnees test Covid positive in Bengaluru; Omicron reaches UK

Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday

WHO designates new Covid strain as variant of concern, names it 'Omicron'

An advisory panel of the World Health Organisation classified a new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa as a highly transmissible virus of concern and named it omicron under its Greek-letter system. The announcement Friday from the United Nations health agency marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant as such. The delta variant, which has become the world's most prevalent, is in the same category.

About 27% of African health workers fully vaccinated against Covid: WHO

Only some 27 per cent of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on the frontlines against the pandemic unprotected, the WHO said

Hong Kong finds new Covid variant in people with travel history to S Africa

Hong Kong has detected a newly identified Covid-19 variant --- B.1.1.529 --- causing a spike in new Covid-19 infections in South Africa

WHO extends travel restrictions to Pakistan as polio endemic country

The UN agency extended travel restrictions on the South Asian country by three months due to it being listed among the last polio-endemic countries

WHO says vaccine hesitancy persists among Africa health workers

The most common reasons for the low vaccination rate among health workers include vaccine hesitancy and the unavailability of vaccine services

Covid-19 deaths in Europe could reach 2.2 mn by spring 2022: WHO

WHO Regional Office for Europe said on Wednesday that the cumulative reported Covid-19 deaths across the continent are projected to reach over 2.2 million by spring next year, based on current trends.

China's Wuhan market reemerges as likely covid origin in new chronology

Scientists have yet to determine the origins of SARS-CoV-2, with debate about its genesis has coalesced around two competing ideas.

Europe is only region with increasing coronavirus deaths, says WHO

The World Health Organisation says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose by 5 per cent in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 mortality increased. The UN health agency said confirmed cases jumped 6 per cent jump globally, driven by increases in the Americas, Europe and Asia. In its weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, WHO said COVID-19 deaths in all regions other than Europe remained stable or declined, and totaled 50,000 worldwide last week. Of the 3.3 million new infections reported, 2.1 million came from Europe. It was the seventh consecutive week that COVID-19 cases continued to mount across the 61 countries WHO counts in its European region, which stretches through Russia to central Asia. While about 60 per cent of people in Western Europe are fully immunized against COVID-19, only about half as many are vaccinated in the eastern part of the continent, where officials struggle to overcome widespread vaccine hesitancy. WHO said infect

Looking beyond AQI: How Indian cities compare with others worldwide

Indian cities' air pollution was even higher than the WHO set standards and worse than most cities even on the days pollution was at its lowest

Covid pandemic significantly impacted climate change efforts: WHO

Covid-19 pandemic has slowed down climate change efforts by various countries, according to the 2021 WHO health and climate change global survey report released on Monday

Novavax files for emergency use listing of Covid-19 vaccine with WHO

Biotechnology firm Novavax Inc said it has completed the rolling submission for the emergency use listing (EUL) of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the World Health Organization (WHO). Earlier on Monday, Novavax and its partner Serum Institute of India (SII) had said that they had received the first emergency use authorisation (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccine in Indonesia. "The company has now completed the submission to World Health Organization (WHO) of all modules required for the regulatory evaluation of NVX-CoV2373, the company's recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine with Matrix-M adjuvant," Novavax Inc said in a statement on Thursday. The chemistry, manufacturing and controls module submitted to WHO, as well as other regulatory agencies worldwide, leverages Novavax' manufacturing partnership with the SII, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, it added. Novavax will make further submissions to enable vaccine supply from additional manufacturing sites

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Bharat Biotech's Covaxin set to go global after WHO gives it a booster

Becomes sixth vaccine to receive validation; move will ease foreign travel for those who got jab

A big boost

Covaxin gets the stamp of international legitimacy

Live updates: TMC sweeps assembly bypolls, BJP keeps MP, Cong wins in HP

Three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly constituencies held by-elections on October 30.

G20 agrees to strengthen WHO on EUAs for Covid jabs: Piyush Goyal

Prime Minister Modi had told G20 leaders on Saturday that India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses by the end of next year to help the world in the fight against the pandemic

WHO director-general Ghebreyesus runs unopposed for 2nd five-year term

Tedros, an Ethiopian national who is the first African to head WHO, has overseen the agency's complex response to the Covid-19 pandemic

We trust India, Bharat Bio submitting data on EUL of Covaxin regularly: WHO

WHO official says the organisation is in touch with Bharat Biotech and has 'daily conversations' 'clarifying what additional data needs' to be submitted

No nod for Bharat Bio's Covaxin yet, WHO seeks 'additional clarifications'

The technical advisory group will now meet on November 3 for a final assessment.