End of COVID pandemic is “in sight” – WHO chief
Reuters The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people. “We are not there yet. But the end is in sight,” WHO Director-General […]
WHO lays out plan to emerge from emergency phase of pandemic
Reuters The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out key strategies that, if implemented in 2022, would allow the world to end the emergency phase of the pandemic. The plan includes three possible scenarios for how the virus might evolve in the coming year. A worker in a protective […]
Coronavirus pandemic “a long way from over”, WHO’s Tedros says
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. So far some 780 million vaccines have been administered globally, but measures including wearing masks and […]
WHO’s Tedros says “vaccine nationalism” would prolong pandemic
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that “vaccine nationalism” would only slow the effort to quash the pandemic and called for vaccines to be used fairly and effectively. Tedros said 78 high-income countries had now joined the “COVAX” global vaccine allocation plan, bringing the total to 170 countries, and the “number […]
Trump cutting US ties with World Health Organization over virus
Washington DC, US/United NationsReuters The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the UN agency of becoming a puppet of China. The move to quit the Geneva-based body, which the United States formally joined in […]
WHO creates foundation to boost funding in coronavirus fight
Geneva/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization announced on Wednesday the creation of a foundation to tap new sources of funding that could help ease a potential cash shortage as it leads the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing the creation of the WHO Foundation at a virtual briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus denied […]
WHO says “extreme vigilance” needed in exit from lockdowns; US death toll tops 80,000
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization said on Monday that “extreme vigilance” was needed as countries begin to exit from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, amid global concerns about a second wave of infections. Germany earlier reported an acceleration in new coronavirus infections after it took early steps to ease […]
WHO message to youth on coronavirus: “You are not invincible”
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people as well and they must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. With more than 210,000 cases reported worldwide and a death toll of 9,000, each day brings a “new and tragic milestone”, WHO […]