The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF warn of a global risk of a measles epidemic. The reason – a decrease in vaccination coverage. Globally, the incidence of the infection has increased by almost 80% in the first two months of 2022, compared to the same period last year. Decrease in the vaccination coverage against … Read more
Scientists are convinced that Omicron will not be the last strain of the coronavirus. The pandemic will continue. At the same time, the next variants of the virus can be extremely contagious and dangerous. In addition, scientists note that a strain with a high mortality rate may occur. British experts have reached such conclusions, the … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic it is far from over. This was warned by world leaders, the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adanom Gebreyesus, quoted by the BBC. He spoke out against speculation that the new dominant option Omicron is significantly lighter and has eliminated the threat of the virus. The warning comes against the … Read more
More evidence is already emerging that the coronavirus Omicron variant affects the upper respiratory tract. At the same time, it causes milder symptoms than previous variants. This was stated on Tuesday by a representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), quoted by Reuters. “We are seeing more and more studies showing that Omicron affects the … Read more
The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus variant Omicron represents “very high” global risk – On the one hand, there is evidence that vaccines cannot provide full protection against it, on the other hand, there is still little data on how dangerous this option is, Reuters reported. According to the WHO, the overall … Read more
Hundreds of hospitals in Afghanistan are at risk from the recent closure. This is possible because Western donors who fund them are barred from signing contracts with the new Taliban government. An employee of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned about this on Monday, quoted by Reuters. About 90% of 2,300 health facilities across the … Read more
The World Health Organization expects to approve Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine by mid-September. This was announced at a briefing by the organization’s assistant director general Mariangela Simao, quoted by “Focus“. “We are currently carrying out legal proceedings with regard to Sputnik V. We also started analyzing this vaccine for inclusion in the COVAX portfolio, … Read more
The representative of the WHO European Office, Catherine Smalloud, warned on Wednesday about the situation with the coronavirus in the Western Balkans and assessed it as extremely serious. “In the Western Balkans, we have a situation where hospitals need to be re-equipped, which means that other types of medical services are interrupted and delayed, which … Read more
Fourteen countries have expressed doubts as conducted by the World Health Organization investigation into the origin of the coronavirus. The WHO announced the results on March 29. AT statement published by the US State Department, recalls that the investigation of the international group of experts was significantly delayed by the Chinese side, and to WHO … Read more
Thursday, March 11, marks a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, a pandemic. But what conditions must be met for the WHO to announce that the pandemic is over? According to a BBC report, the first criterion is that there are no more infections. … Read more