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WHO: 2022 can mark the end of COVID’s acute stage
The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 maybe the year the world ends the acute stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus reminded that it was two years...
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was...
‘Three major threats’ to inoculating the world
Amidst some positive news from the World Health Organization (WHO) that both COVID-19 deaths and new cases have recently been on the wane, there...
Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily...
New COVID-19 infections fall globally for first time since September
Last week saw the first global decline in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since September, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy
Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the...
70 per cent of COVID cases located in just 10 countries
While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 per cent of the global population may have...
Countries face ‘critical moment’ in COVID response
With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite passing the tragic...
More research needed into COVID-19 effects on children
More research is needed into factors that increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease among children and adolescents, the head of the UN World...
WHO: COVID-19 reinfection seems not to be a ‘regular event’
Speaking to journalists in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris addressed concerns that the development could herald a new alert.
“The important...