WHO sounds warning over fast-spreading Omicron
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan added it would be “unwise” to conclude from early […]
WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, two billion next year
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization hopes hundreds of millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine can be produced this year and two billion doses by the end of 2021, chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday. The WHO is drawing up plans to help decide who should get the first doses once a vaccine is […]