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Africa urgently needs 20m second doses of COVID-19 vaccine – WHO

May 28, 2021 8:02 am Add a Comment

Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8—12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). A … Read more →

China blocks WHO team from entering country to study coronavirus origin

January 6, 2021 9:42 am Add a Comment

The head of the World Health Organisation has said he is “very disappointed” China has denied its experts access to investigating the origins of coronavirus. A ten-strong team of international scientists and virologists had been due to set off in … Read more →

COVID-19 deaths in Europe rise sharply – WHO

October 28, 2020 9:20 am Add a Comment

Europe’s daily COVID-19 deaths rose by nearly 40% compared with the previous week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC. WHO spokeswoman Dr Margaret Harris said France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands and Russia accounted for the majority … Read more →

One in 10 worldwide may have had COVID-19 – WHO

October 6, 2020 4:47 pm Add a Comment

One in 10 people around the world may have contracted Covid-19, the World Health Organization said, at a special meeting of WHO leaders. A top official said the estimate meant “the vast majority of the world remains at risk”. Just … Read more →

COVID-19: WHO sets rules for testing African remedies

September 21, 2020 9:46 am Add a Comment

The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed on rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies … Read more →

WHO studying Ghana’s COVID-19 techniques

May 21, 2020 6:52 pm Add a Comment

THE MINISTER of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says the World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun studying some of Ghana’s techniques, including the potentially time-saving practice of “pool testing” for Covid-19 in which multiple blood samples are tested together and processed separately … Read more →

VIDEO: COVID-19 ‘may never go away’ – WHO

May 14, 2020 9:03 am Add a Comment

The new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) could become endemic like HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. As some countries begin gradually easing lockdown … Read more →

WHO mentions Ghana and 5 other countries globally with effective COVID-19 management

May 8, 2020 4:27 pm Add a Comment

The World Health Organization (WHO) has mentioned Ghana as one of the few countries in the world with an effective COVID-19 pandemic management response. Ghana was shortlisted amongst 6 countries worldwide that have a very inspiring plan in the management … Read more →

Spain deaths rise; WHO warns against lifting curbs

April 8, 2020 2:45 pm Add a Comment

Spain said fatalities and new cases rose to the highest in four days, infections in Germany increased by the most in three days and Belgium had its deadliest day of the outbreak so far. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s condition … Read more →

Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by WHO

March 12, 2020 7:51 am Add a Comment

The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks. He said he was “deeply … Read more →