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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

Covax calls for equal recognition of Covid-19 vaccines approved by WHO

Covax on Thursday urged governments around the world to recognize as fully vaccinated all people who have received Covid-19 vaccines that have been deemed safe and effective by WHO

Any WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccine should be allowed for travel, says UN

The World Health Organisation said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorised for emergency use should be recognised by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travellers. The move could challenge Western countries to broaden their acceptance of two apparently less effective Chinese vaccines, which the UN health agency has licensed but most European and North American countries have not. In addition to vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna Inc, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, the WHO has also given the green light to the two Chinese jabs, made by Sinovac and Sinopharm. In its aim to restore travel across Europe, the European Union said in May that it would only recognise people as vaccinated if they had received shots licensed by the European Medicines Agency -- although it's up to individual countries if they wish to let in travellers who have received other vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V. The EU drug regulator is currently considering licensing

Highly transmissible Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO

The Delta Covid-19 variant, first identified in India, has already been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organisation said