Tag: WHO

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  WHO emphasizes the care of the elderly as a “rights issue”

  

  The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Monday that we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the elderly after huge losses to COVID-19 in nursing homes across the world “robbed us of a generation of wisdom.”

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  UNICEF says “unprecedented quantities” of vaccines can be produced to tackle Covid-19

  

  Unprecedented quantities of vaccines could be produced by 28 manufacturers in 10 countries over the next two years to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, as it announced it would help lead efforts to procure and distribute them.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  UK government U-turn, face masks mandatory at secondary schools

  

  It will be mandatory for pupils to wear face masks in communal areas of secondary schools in England in places with local lockdowns, Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson said on Wednesday after a government U-turn on enforcing their use.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Pandemic appears to be leveling off in Brazil, according to WHO

  

  The coronavirus crisis in Brazil appears to be leveling off, if not easing, the World Health Organization said on Friday, offering a glimpse of light for the world's second-biggest COVID-19 hot spot.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  “We need to prevent vaccine nationalism”, WHO chief Tedros

  

  Nations that hoard possible COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, issuing a last-ditch call for countries to join a global vaccine pact.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  Latin America coronavirus cases exceed six million and continue to accelerate

  

  Coronavirus cases in Latin America, the region of the world worst-affected by the pandemic, exceed six million and continued to accelerate, according to the WHO figures, as most of its nations begin to relax lockdown measures.

• Friday, August 14th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  WHO and USDA downplay risks of contracting coronavirus from food and food packaging

  

  Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in cargoes of imported frozen food, local authorities said on Thursday, although the World Health Organization downplayed the risk of the virus entering the food chain.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  WHO admits no “silver bullet” despite strong hopes for a vaccine: “big battle ahead for Brazil and India”

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died.

• Friday, July 31st 2020 - 10:32 UTC

  WHO calls on countries to lift international travel measures

  

  Countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and must prioritize essential travel for emergencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Pompeo confided to UK lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of WHO post

  

  US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo told a group of British lawmakers that China had “bought” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to reports in the British media and news agencies.