Tag: WHO

Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:12 UTC
G-20 must help plug US$ 5,4bn funding gap for the Covid-19 program, global leaders request

G-20 nations must help plug a US$4.5 billion funding gap for a WHO-led program to distribute coronavirus vaccines and pave the way for an end to the pandemic, according to a letter sent by several world leaders, ahead of this weekend's virtual G20 summit.
Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Shanghai: All frozen foods imports qualified as “high risk” should be tested for coronavirus

The Chinese city of Shanghai has said that all imports of what it qualified as “high risk” frozen foods should be tested for coronavirus and have packaging disinfected before being stored or sold locally.
Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
China claims it found coronavirus on beef and tripe from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand

The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods.
Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 08:34 UTC
WHO's message on World Diabetes Day; it affects 6% of world population

This year’s World Diabetes Day, Saturday 14 November, falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly high price. Not only do they have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death when infected, but many are having difficulty accessing the treatment they need due to disruptions to essential health services.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Vaccines trials in Chile and the UK’s role to tackle the pandemic

On 11 November 2020 Chile’s Deputy Minister for International Economic Relations, Under-Secretary Rodrigo Yáñez and the UK’s Minister for the Americas, Wendy Morton MP hosted the virtual seminar “Access to Vaccines – Finance, Delivery and Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean” bringing together policymakers and scientific experts from across the region and the world to discuss the urgent work of ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:41 UTC
The RNA “messenger” would be the key to the functioning of the Pfizer vaccine

Europe's leading stock exchanges traded steadily on Tuesday after Monday's euphoria when they were boosted by the announcement of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is 90% effective thanks to a new technology called 'Messenger Ribonucleic Acid' or messenger RNA.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
Taiwan “locked out” of WHO Covid-19 meeting on objections from Beijing

Taiwan is yet to receive an invite to a key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week expected to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic due to “obstruction” from China, the island's foreign ministry said, expressing its displeasure.
Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.
Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 08:37 UTC
WHO's chief Tedros under self-quarantining after contacting a tested positive Covid-19 case

The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.