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WHO says delta variant driving Covid's 'fourth wave' in Middle East

The delta variant has led to a surge in coronavirus outbreaks triggering a "fourth wave" in the Middle East, where vaccination rates remain low, said the World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO, ECDC call for enhanced efforts to prevent Delta transmission

WHO and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have called for the reinforcement of enhanced efforts to prevent the transmission of the Delta Covid-19 variant

Third wave of coronavirus pandemic in Africa at crossroads, says WHO

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa is at a crossroads, WHO official said

Nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths in Asia Pacific: WHO report

WHO on Friday launched its first Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions

WHO reports Delta strain of Covid in 75% of specimens collected for testing

The prevalence of Delta variant of Covid-19 among specimens sequenced over the past four weeks exceeded 75 per cent in many countries worldwide, including India, China, Russia, Israel and the UK

China rejects WHO plan for second phase of investigation of Covid-19 origin

China rejected on Thursday WHO plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory

Tokyo 2020: WHO leader says coronavirus risk inevitable at Olympics

Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of Covid-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of WHO told sports officials Wednesday as events began in Japan

Process to receive WHO pre-qualification for Covaxin on, says govt

Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) has received the WHO pre-qualification, while the process of pre-qualification for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is going on

What is the controversy surrounding Serum Institute's Covishield and EMA?

The vaccine did not make it to the European regulator's approved list, although it has been approved by WHO and also the UK MHRA

WHO assessing Covaxin data for EUL; decision date 'to be confirmed'

WHO, which is currently reviewing Bharat Biotech's application for an Emergency Use Listing of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, has said it is assessing the data of the jab

Over 3 mn children in India missed out on first DTP-1 vax dose in 2020: WHO

Over 3 million children in India missed out on their first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DTP-1) in 2020, WHO said

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Australia had no Plan B, it came back to haunt

WHO warns of 'chaos' if individuals mix shots, Astra-Oxford said to be looking at tweaking vaccine to prevent rare clots, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Average daily vaccinations drop in July

WHO warns against mixing and matching vaccines, Madhya Pradesh adds 1,478 Covid 'backlog' deaths, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading worldwide at scorching pace: WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO warned of the 'devastating outbreaks' caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19

WHO issues new recommendations on human genome editing technology

While human genome editing technology has opened the doors for treating rare diseases, there are also risks associated with it

Too soon to say if Americans may need vaccine booster: Dr. Anthony Fauci

The government's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely that Americans will need a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, but it is too soon for the government to recommend another shot. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration did the right thing last week by pushing back against drugmaker Pfizer's assertion about a booster within 12 months. Hours after Pfizer's statement Thursday that it would seek authorization for a third dose, the two agencies said they did not view the booster shots as necessary at this time. Fauci said clinical studies and laboratory data have yet to fully bear out the need for a booster to the current two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson regimen. Right now, given the data and the information we have, we do not need to give people a third ...

World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million Covid-19 deaths: WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world is at a perilous point in this Covid-19 pandemic

Delta variant dangerous, continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO chief

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm

WHO welcomes report on efficacy of longer gaps between AstraZeneca doses

The fast-spreading delta variant is now dominating conversations about the virus, with vaccine efficacy measures, case counts and country lockdowns increasingly focused on it

Experts question if WHO should lead Covid-19 pandemic origins probe

An increasing number of scientists say the UN agency it isn't up to the task and shouldn't be the one to investigate