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Travellers fully vaccinated with Covaxin can enter US from Nov 8

The last-minute addition comes less than one week before the US launches its new travel system, granting entry to travellers who have received a vaccine that has been approved by the FDA or WHO.

WHO grants much-awaited emergency use listing to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin

Move will ease international travel for those vaccinated with the jab

Live updates: TMC sweeps assembly bypolls, BJP keeps MP, Cong wins in HP

Three Lok Sabha and 29 Assembly constituencies held by-elections on October 30.

WHO must approve India's vaccines 'at the earliest': Modi at G20 meeting

Country can produce more than 5 billion doses for the world next year to contain the coronavirus, he says.

Europe had most coronavirus cases and deaths over last week, says WHO

WHO officials have pointed to a number of factors including relatively low rates of vaccination in some countries in eastern Europe

WHO says likely to receive clarifications on Covaxin by weekend

WHO said it expects to receive clarifications from Bharat Biotech by the end of this week on its Covaxin -- and will meet on November 3 for a final risk-benefit assessment for Emergency Use Listing

Review of Covaxin underway, expect a recommendation within 24 hours: WHO

A technical advisory group of the WHO reviewing data on Covaxin for the emergency use listing of India's vaccine and if it is satisfied a recommendation is expected within the next 24 hours or so

WHO chief, Mandaviya talk Covaxin, resuming Covishield supply to COVAX

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed the issue of the emergency use listing of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and resumption of supplies of the Serum Institute of India-manufactured AstraZeneca vaccine to the COVAX facility among other topics during a telephonic conversation with Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Had a call with @mansukhmandviya, India's Health Minister, to discuss #India's ongoing #COVID19 vaccination programme; the need for a global pandemic agreement; digital health; & traditional medicine. We welcome India's support to strengthen WHO, incl. via flexible, sustainable financing, Ghebreyesus tweeted on Tuesday. The WHO Director-General said that he also discussed with Mandaviya vaccine equity issues: the resumption of SII/AstraZeneca vaccine supplies to #COVAX; the Covaxin Emergency Use Listing process; and technology and license sharing through C-TAP. COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) was launched in May last year for facilitating ...

India registers 18% decrease in numbers of new Covid-19 cases: WHO

India also reported a 13 per cent decline in the number of deaths during the week of October 11 to 17, the WHO has said

Long wait: Vaccine makers queue up for WHO approval, shows data

Industry insiders say typically a WHO EUL takes between two months and a year

WHO's technical group to meet on Oct 26 to consider EUL of Covaxin

The WHO experts are currently reviewing this information and if it addresses all questions raised, the WHO assessment will be finalised next week

China agrees to cooperate in WHO's fresh Covid origin probe

While China, since the beginning has strongly refuted the lab leak theory, its Foreign Ministry said the country will "continue to support" the probe

WHO calls for climate action to assure sustained recovery from Covid-19

The World Health Organisation has said that countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic

WHO technical advisory group to take call on Covaxin EUL next week

Vaccine maker presented data before SAGE working group on Tuesday

EU aid agency delivers 14.4 mt of medical supplies to WHO in Afghanistan

EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid has delivered 14.4 metric tonnes of urgently needed life-saving medical supplies to World Health Organization in Afghanistan

Number of weekly Covid-19 cases, deaths continue to decline globally: WHO

The Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, released this week, said over 3.3 million new cases and over 55,000 new deaths were reported around the world during the week of September 2026, 2021

France, Germany nominate WHO chief Tedros for a second term

Germany and France said they and other European Union countries have nominated Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia for a second term as director-general of the World Health Organisation. This marks the first time that a candidate for the top job at the UN health agency has not been nominated by the home country. Tedros, who goes by his first name, has been in the global spotlight over the organisation's response to the coronavirus pandemic over the last 19 months - an epochal crisis that eclipsed all else throughout his term that began in 2017. The election for the next WHO director-general, which carries a five-year term, takes place at the agency's next annual assembly meeting in May. Tedros has run afoul of the Ethiopian government of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over his outspokenness about killings and other human rights abuses in his home region of Tigray. Tedros was formerly a top official in the Tigray People's Liberation Front, once a dominant mem

Children less severely impacted by Covid-19 pandemic: WHO chief scientist

Children have been less severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and their chances of recovery are very well, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday.

Novavax, SII apply to WHO for emergency use listing of Covid vaccine

Novavax Inc and its partner Serum Institute of India on Thursday said they have submitted an application to the World Health Organization for emergency use listing (EUL) of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine.

Air pollution one of the biggest environmental threats to human health: WHO

Air pollution is one of biggest environmental threats to human health alongside climate change, said WHO as it released its new air quality guidelines