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New COVID-19 Surges Keep Travel Restrictions in Place
One out of five destinations continue to have their borders completely closed as new surges of COVID-19 impact the restart of international tourism. The...
WHO urges caution over travel bans linked to new COVID-19 variant
The UN health agency has urged all countries to adopt a risk-based and scientific approach to travel bans linked to a new COVID-19 variant...
Europe and Central Asia Ministers endorse new roadmap to reduce risk of disasters amid Covid-19 crisis
Governments across Europe and Central Asia have backed a roadmap towards preventing future disasters including new pandemics in the face of growing threats from...
COVID-19 in Nigeria: Frontline Data and Pathways for Policy
COVID-19 has hit countries with a health and economic shock whose effects will be felt far into the future. In countries, like Nigeria, that...
Why will China not give up on its ‘dynamic zeroing’ Covid-19 strategy?
The world is again at war with China. This time, the war is not about China’s aggressive “wolf warrior” diplomacy; nor is it about...
Holiday Travel Cleared for Take Off, but COVID-19 Continues to Impact the Journey
After more than a year and half of the pandemic, the holiday travel season will get a strong start with 3 in 10 of...
Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries
Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs*
Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible...
Europe hits highest weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started, according...
COVID-19 pandemic underlines need to strengthen resilience of health systems
COVID‑19 contributed to a 16% increase in the expected number of deaths in 2020 and the first half of 2021 across OECD countries. Life...
Green light for two new COVID-19 therapeutics
European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given a positive opinion on two COVID-19 treatments - Ronapreve and Regkirona - identified by the Commission as promising...