Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 07:24 UTC
What’s the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?

By Paul Griffin (*) - This week the World Health Organization named a new “variant of interest” of the coronavirus, called the Mu variant. It was first found in Colombia in January 2021 and has been found in about 39 countries so far.
Friday, August 13th 2021 - 21:04 UTC
WHO calls on countries to depoliticize investigation into origin of Covid 19

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on countries to depoliticize the investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and how it jumped to humans, pressing for more raw data to review and suggesting that more can be done within its current framework to track lab safety around the world, including China.
Friday, August 6th 2021 - 08:09 UTC
Uruguay will not change vaccination plans despite WHO's request

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Thursday denied his country was to change course in its coronavirus immunization drive despite the World Health Organization's (WHO) requested that countries with a surplus of vaccines should donate them before applying the third dose.
Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 07:45 UTC
China rejects any further investigation to COVID-19 origins at the Wuhan lab

China openly rejected the World Health Organization request for more information, and transparency, regarding an investigation into the origins of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 07:32 UTC
June 3, we celebrate World Bicycle Day

Today June 3 we celebrate World Bicycle Day on June 3. A United Nations designated day, World Bicycle Day is observed as cycling has tremendous health benefits for all age groups, according to experts.
Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 07:16 UTC
Biden expected to announce the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines

US president Jose Biden is expected to announce this Thursday Washington's plan for the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines globally. The announcement was done by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Costa Rica.
Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 16:27 UTC
WHO renames coronavirus strains to avoid bias against certain countries

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to rename the known variants of the SARS-Cov-2 virus using Greek letters, in a move to avoid biases against people from specific parts of the world, it was announced.
Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Family Planning in Latin America threatened as women and pregnant mothers prove most vulnerable to Covid

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting women more than men in Latin America and pregnant mothers above all, threatening to roll back 20 years of advances in access to family planning, the Pan American Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:35 UTC
WHO Director General New Year message: COVID-19 one year later

As people around the world celebrated New Year's Eve 12 months ago, a new global threat emerged. Since that moment, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken so many lives and caused massive disruption to families, societies and economies all over the world.
Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:14 UTC
WHO issues emergency use validation for the Pfizer vaccines and emphasizes need for equitable global access

The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.