WHO warns that the current level of COVID-19 vaccination across Europe is still too low to prevent a resurgence of cases, urging countries to accelerate rollouts and maintain public health measures.
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Update on COVID-19 in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region
As of 08 June 2021, the Eastern Mediterranean Region has reported 10 353 336 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 206 573 deaths. While the total number of cases has declined over the past 6 weeks and the number of deaths stabilized, 9 countries reported an increase in cases last week, compared to the previous week. These include Somalia,...
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WHO: COVID strain first detected in India found in 53 territories
The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization (WHO) report shows. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency’s weekly epidemiological update showed on Wednesday, taking...
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At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid: WHO
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries. At the opening of the World Health Organization’s main annual assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around...
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WHO, agencies urge countries to suspend sale of live wild mammals at markets
UN health and environment agencies jointly call on countries to halt the sale of live wild mammals in traditional markets to reduce the risk of new zoonotic diseases like COVID-19.
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WHO ‘worried’ about virus spread In Balkans, Central Europe
WHO expresses concern over the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the Balkans and Central Europe, warning of strained health systems and urging stronger control measures.
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WHO reports a record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak
WHO announces a record single-day increase in global COVID-19 cases, driven largely by surging infections in Europe, raising alarm over renewed waves of the pandemic.
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WHO: Understanding the long-term consequences of COVID ‘a clear priority’
A senior World Health Organization official urges national authorities to make a priority of understanding the long-term consequences of coronavirus infections as some people show worrying symptoms months later. “It’s a clear priority for WHO, and of the utmost importance. It should be for every health authority,” Hans Kluge, regional director for WHO Europe, tells...
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WHO approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the developing world. A WHO statement said it had approved the vaccine as produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India. “We now have all the pieces in place for...
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No indication of Covid in Wuhan before Dec 2019, lab leak virus theory ‘extremely unlikely’: WHO
In a press briefing today, WHO scientists shed some light on the explosive spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wuhan. There is insufficient evidence to determine that coronavirus was being spread in China’s central Wuhan before December 2019, a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese expert mission into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic...
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