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WHO reports surge in COVID-19 deaths last week

WHO reports surge in COVID-19 deaths last week

Over 93,000 people died from coronavirus in the past week, which is a record high figure since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organization said in its weekly bulletin on Wednesday. The COVID-19 case tally worldwide grew by …

WHO expects global COVID deaths to top 100,000 a week

WHO expects global COVID deaths to top 100,000 a week

Global deaths from COVID-19 are expected to top 100,000 per week "very soon", from more than 93,000 reported last week, the World Health Organization's top emergency expert Mike Ryan said. In an epidemiological update …

WHO reports nearly 5 mln COVID-19 cases last week

WHO reports nearly 5 mln COVID-19 cases last week

The COVID-19 case tally worldwide grew by nearly 5 mln this past week, a new high since the start of the pandemic, and the death toll rose by over 85,000, the World Health Organization said in its weekly bulletin on Wednesday. On …

WHO coronavirus mission to arrive in China this week

WHO coronavirus mission to arrive in China this week

Chinese authorities said a team from the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) would arrive this week to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, a year to the day since the first COVID-19 death was announced in Wuhan.

WHO Director-General urges to prepare for new pandemics

WHO Director-General urges to prepare for new pandemics

The current coronavirus pandemic will not be the last one, epidemics are our reality, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned today. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "the world has turned …

Russian and British scientists team up to create Covid-19 vaccine

Russian and British scientists team up to create Covid-19 vaccine

British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca unveiled plans to collaborate with the developer of Russia's Sputnik V, the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, and explore whether their two coronavirus vaccines could be successfully combined

 WHO looks at giving Covid-19 to healthy people to speed up vaccine trials

WHO looks at giving Covid-19 to healthy people to speed up vaccine trials

The World Health Organization is holding discussions on Monday about the feasibility of trials in which healthy young volunteers are deliberately infected with coronavirus to hasten vaccine development – amid questions over whether they should go ahead given the promising data from the frontrunner vaccine candidates

Global Covid-19 cases reaches 65 mln

Global Covid-19 cases reaches 65 mln

Global coronavirus infections passed 65 million on Friday and countries doubled down on restrictions, even as plans to roll out vaccines gathered pace, Eyewitness reports. The pandemic is showing little sign of slowing, with …

WHO updates guidance on mask wearing

WHO updates guidance on mask wearing

The World Health Organization tightened guidelines on wearing face masks, recommending that, where COVID-19 is spreading, they be worn by everyone in health care facilities and for all interactions in poorly-ventilated indoor spaces. In …

WHO: coronavirus pandemic unlikely to end soon

WHO: coronavirus pandemic unlikely to end soon

The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to end in the coming months, the World Health Organization's representative in Russia Melita Vujnovic said. In response to a question, she pointed out that the pandemic would end "once …

WHO announces another Covid-19 anti-record 

WHO announces another Covid-19 anti-record 

A record number of Covid-19 cases were registered globally in the past 24 hours  - more than 657,000. The total number of cases exceeded 53.16 mln, The World Health Organization informs. The number of deaths globally has increased …

WHO: fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh helping spread COVID-19

WHO: fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh helping spread COVID-19

Fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has helped spread the coronavirus in the territory, the WHO said on Tuesday. "As we have been repeatedly saying, Covid 19 does not respect …

Almost 200 COVID-19 vaccines under testing worldwide

Almost 200 COVID-19 vaccines under testing worldwide

World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that almost 200 novel coronavirus vaccine candidates are currently under testing. "Almost 200 vaccine candidates are currently under different …