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31 Jul 2022

New York declares monkeypox a public health emergency as infection spreads

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, in the last two days, declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an "imminent threat to public health."

29 Jul 2022

Monkeypox strain detected in India not linked to European outbreak: ICMR data

Scientists informed that the few cases that belong to the A.2 strain, including the first two cases of monkeypox detected in Kerala, seem to all have travel links to the Middle East or West Africa.

28 Jul 2022

Monkeypox outbreak: 5-10 million doses needed to fight virus, says WHO

It estimates that between 5 million and 10 million doses of vaccine will be needed to protect all high-risk groups, Tedros said.

28 Jul 2022

Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, if…: WHO makes BIG claim as cases rise

Over 18,000 monkeypox cases have been reported to the WHO from 78 countries, out of which, more than 70 per cent of these came from the European region and 25 per cent from the Americas.

26 May 2022

Monkeypox outbreak: WHO issues public health advice for gay, bisexual men

Transgender people and gender-diverse people may also be more vulnerable in the context of the current outbreak, said WHO. The advisory informed that one can catch monkeypox if they have close physical contact with someone who is showing symptoms.

22 May 2022

Covid-19 pandemic is 'most certainly not over': WHO chief

WHO said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears to have stabilised after weeks of decline since late March, while the overall number of weekly deaths dropped.

20 May 2022

Monkeypox outbreak: WHO to hold emergency meeting amid rising cases

WHO has called a meeting amid rapidly rising cases. Monkeypox cases spread through contact with the body fluids, monkeypox sores.

02 Feb 2022

WHO recommends countries ease Covid-19 measures 'in steady, slow way'

"We are now starting to see a very worrying increase in deaths in most regions of the world," WHO Director-General said. "We are not calling for any country to return to so-called lockdown. But we are calling on all countries to protect their people using every tool in the toolkit, not vaccines alone," he said.

30 Dec 2021

Vaccines still effective against Omicron variant of COVID: WHO Chief Scientist

Vaccines are still proving to be effective because even though the numbers are going up exponentially in many countries, said WHO Chief Scientist. Even within hospitalised people the need for ventilation, the need for critical care that does not seem to be going up proportionately, said Swaminathan.

14 Nov 2021

Europe hits highest weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began

Almost 27 thousand deaths were reported in the continent last week. WHO continues to recommend the proportionate use of testing, masks, physical distancing, improved ventilation, and other measures.

18 Oct 2021

‘Cannot cut corners' in approving Covaxin, expecting more info: WHO

WHO said, "we are aware that many people are waiting for WHO's recommendation for Covaxin to be included in the #COVID-19 Emergency Use Listing, but we cannot cut corners - before recommending a product for emergency use, we must evaluate it thoroughly to make sure it is safe and effective."

17 Oct 2021

WHO group to meet on October 26 to consider Covaxin's emergency listing

WHO technical advisory group will meet on October 26 to consider the EUL of Covaxin. Bharat Biotech had submitted EOI (Expression of Interest) on April 19 for its vaccine.

07 Oct 2021

WHO gives historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect children in Africa

"This is a vaccine developed in Africa by African scientists and we`re very proud," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

30 Jul 2021

WHO says delta variant driving 'fourth wave' of COVID-19 in Middle East

Infections have increased by 55 percent, and deaths by 15 percent, in the last month compared to the month before. More than 310,000 case and 3,500 deaths have been recorded weekly. Countries such as Tunisia, which has suffered the biggest number of Covid-19 deaths in North Africa.

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18 Jul 2021

Good news: SII CEO Poonawalla as 16 European countries recognise Covishield

On Saturday, France lifted travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers. Indian government has been pushing European Union member countries to recognise both Covishield and Covaxin in order to ease travel for the people

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17 Jul 2021

No application received for EU authorisation of Covishield: EMA

EMA has approved only four vaccines namely, Comirnaty of Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna's Spikevax, Vaxzervria by AstraZeneca-Oxford and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen. The SII’s CEO Adar Poonawalla had earlier said that the company is confident of receiving approval from the EMA.

17 Jul 2021

Centre rejects reports of children missing routine vaccination due to COVID

The Union health ministry said India achieved 99 per cent coverage of DTP3 (three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccines) in the first quarter of the year. The ministry also stated that it along with all States and UTs and development partners, has worked towards mitigating the negative impacts of COVID-19.

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15 Jul 2021

3 million Indian children missed out on first DTP-1 vaccine dose in 2020: WHO

Around 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines through routine immunisation services in 2020 around the world. Up to 17 million children did not receive a single vaccine during the year, widening already immense inequities in vaccine access.

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09 Jul 2021

Belgium recognises India's Covishield vaccine, becomes 15th EU nation to do so

Belgium recognises AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine, the Embassy of Belgium in India informed. It is now the 15 European nation to do so.

09 Jul 2021

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin's phase 3 trial data looks good: WHO Chief Scientist

WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said that the data from the phase 3 trial of Bharat Biotech’s vaccine Covaxin looks good. Dr Soumya Swaminathan said, “We keep a close eye on all vaccines which have received emergency use listing. We continue to seek more data."

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