The World Health Organization (WHO) has observed that the new COVID-19 virus detected in three European countries – France, the Netherlands and Denmark -, which combines the delta and omicron variants, and is beginning to be known as “deltacron“, have “a low level of circulation. The WHO does not rule out, however, that this initial […]
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WHO suspends evaluation of Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19
Updated on 03/16/2022 12:56 pm The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will postpone its evaluation of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V against the COVID-19 coronavirus due to “the unstable situation”. Dr. Mariangela Simao, a vaccine expert for that UN agency, said WHO officials were going to Russia on March 7 to inspect the […]
WHO raises attacks on Ukraine’s health network to 30, with 12 dead
Updated on 03/13/2022 10:51 am Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine On February 24 there have been at least 30 attacks on the health network in that country, in which there have been 12 deaths and 34 injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO)which considers these actions a violation of international law. Of these […]
Ukraine denounces another attack on a hospital, according to WHO
The authorities of the city of Kharkov, in the northeast of Ukrainehave denounced a new attack against a health establishment, this time against a psychiatric hospital in which patients and staff were found, said this Friday the spokesman for the World Health Organization (who), Tarik Jasarevic. “If this turned out to be true, it would […]
WHO affirms that reinforcement of the vaccine against COVID-19 is necessary
Updated on 03/09/2022 06:28 am A group of experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “strongly supports urgent and widespread access” to booster vaccines against COVID-19 in the face of the global spread of the omicron variant, in a reversal of the UN body’s insistence last year that boosters were not necessary […]
COVID-19 takes its toll on mental health, WHO warns
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on mental health, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, noting that cases of anxiety and depression have increased by more than 25% globally. In a new scientific report, the WHO also notes that the COVID-19 crisis significantly impeded access to mental health services in many cases, raising […]
WHO plans a second center to train countries to manufacture mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Updated on 02/23/2022 12:49 pm The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to create a second center to train countries to produce their own mRNA vaccines, as part of its project to get injections for COVID-19 manufactured in developing nations. low and middle income. In a speech at a vaccine conference, the director general of […]
EU countries agree to admit travelers inoculated with WHO-approved vaccines
Updated on 02/22/2022 01:03 pm The countries of the European Union (EU) agreed to open their borders to travelers from outside the block who have received vaccines against COVID-19 authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), easing the restrictions imposed on those who received Indian and Chinese vaccines. The EU has so far authorized vaccines […]
WHO warns of the “dangerous narrative” that the pandemic is coming to an end
Updated on 02/19/2022 08:05 pm The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Friday against the “dangerous narrative” that the pandemic is coming to an end due to the high vaccination rate in some countries and the lower severity of the omicron variant. “The pandemic has not passed when there […]
WHO reduces its recommended quarantine times before the omicron variant
Updated on 02/17/2022 01:00 pm The World Health Organization (WHO), which continues to recommend a 14-day quarantine for contacts with COVID-19 patients in places with a high incidence of the pandemic, reduced this time to seven days, in the context of the current wave linked to the omicron variant, with a high number of mild […]