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Azerbaijan vaccinated the highest number of people against Covid-19 among the Central Asian and South Caucasus nations, according to a new report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Nearly 50 percent of Azerbaijan’s population …
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved. Nevertheless, reported cases and deaths from the virus are increasing again WHO …
Today, every single country in Europe and central Asia is facing a real threat of COVID-19 resurgence, or already fighting it. The current pace of transmission across the 53 countries of the WHO European Region is of grave concern. COVID-19 cases …
Russia’s health officials have given a go-ahead to testing a combination of the AstraZeneca coronavirus shot and the single-dose version of the domestically developed Sputnik V vaccine
WHO official Mike Ryan said the agency could not ‘compel’ China to share more but expects full ‘cooperation’ from member states
Georgian Health Minister Yekaterina Tikaradze said today that the Georgian authorities do not intend to refuse to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus with the British AstraZeneca jab, despite the decision of many European countries …
Azerbaijan, the incumbent chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the largest international organization after the United Nations, has played an active role in the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Vasif Huseynov, a senior advisor at the Center of Analysis of International Relations and Adjunct Lecturer at Khazar University in Baku, writes in the article for Eurasia Review
By the end of February, Georgia will receive the first doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia wrote on Facebook. The head of government expressed special gratitude for the …
The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. …
Children are continuing to suffer the devastating impacts on their learning, mental and physical well-being and safety
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will facilitate the fastest transfer of the Covid-19 vaccine to Georgia. He made such a promise during a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the republic, Georgy Gakharia, the press …
Vaccination of Azerbaijan’s population against Covid-19 will start in early 2021 following the finalization of negotiations for the purchase of vaccines. Authorities in the country defined scientifically substantiated safety as the key criteria a vaccine should meet, Caspian News writes in the article Azerbaijan Reveals Vaccination Plans Amidst Negotiations With Major Vaccine Developers
The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended wearing face masks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate, in an update to its COVID-19 guidance on masks. The new recommendations apply in …
The World Health Organization (WHO) responded to the pandemic in a prompt, professional and proper manner, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge on Wednesday, TASS reports. …
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has amounted to 28,637,952, increasing by 307,930 in the past 24 hours, a record one-day increase, the World Health Organization reported on Sunday, TASS reports. …
The World Health Organization insisted Friday it would never endorse a vaccine that has not proven safe and effective, amid concerns over the rush to develop a jab for COVID-19, The Japan Times reported. Across the globe, governments …
Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-standing financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency, an internal document seen by …
294,237 cases of coronavirus were registered globally in 24 hours. This is the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began. According to the data published yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths …
Coronavirus infections in Brazil no longer appear to be rising exponentially but the country is “still in the middle of this fight” as new cases and deaths grow by thousands every day, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on …
The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world. This is due to disruptions in the delivery and uptake of immunization services caused by the …
