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Misinformation about COVID-19, vaccine driving increase in cases: WHO official

Misinformation about the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines is leading to an increase in infections around the world, a World Health (WHO) official said on Tuesday. During a livestream Q&A, WHO official Marian Van Kerkhove said the…

China Rejects Second Probe Into Coronavirus Origin

China has rejected the World Health Organization’s proposal for a second phase of its investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the Chinese National Health Commission, told…

WHO: Russia Shared Data on Phase I, II Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Sputnik V

Russia has shared with the World Health Organisation (WHO) the data obtained during phase I and II of the clinical trials of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, an adviser at the WHO's Western Pacific Regional Office said.…

WHO: Global COVID-19 death toll could hit two million before vaccine in wide use

The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday.…

China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use programme

The World Health Organization gave China its support and understanding to start administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people while clinical trials were still underway, the Chinese health official Zheng Zhongwei said on Friday.…

No change to COVID-19 transmission guidance, WHO says after U.S. draft change

The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne…

More than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility, WHO says

More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation’s COVAX facility to boost development of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the body’s director general. “More than 170 countries have joined the COVAX facility,…

WHO praises AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial pause

The decision by AstraZeneca to pause global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness showed the firm was prioritising safety, World Health Organization official Margaret Harris said on Tuesday. “This is…

WHO: AstraZeneca vaccine trial pause a ‘wake-up call’

AstraZeneca’s pause of an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus after the illness of a participant is a “wake-up call” but should not discourage researchers, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said on Thursday.…

WHO: ‘vaccine nationalism’ would prolong pandemic

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for countries around the world to join forces to tackle the coronavirus on Friday, saying that “vaccine nationalism” would only slow the response to the pandemic. Tedros said 78…

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