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Ukraine’s hospitals face oxygen shortage, WHO leaders warn

Director-General told a press conference that oxygen supply levels were dangerously low due to the conflict.

The Independent UK

WHO says first medical aid for Ukraine to arrive in Poland

A first shipment of medical aid for Ukraine will arrive in Poland on Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as the UN agency warned of an escalating health crisis in the country following Russia's invasion.

Reuters

COVID Cases, Deaths Continue to Fall Globally, WHO Reports

The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic issued late Tuesday, the UN health agency also said that deaths fell by 10%, continuing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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COVID cases, deaths continue to fall globally, WHO reports

The number of new coronavirus cases reported globally dropped by 16% last week, marking a month-long decline in COVID-19 infections, according to figures from the World Health Organization

The Independent UK

Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion

Ukraine is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country last week, public health experts say.

Reuters

Is WHO's Aim to Vaccinate 70% of World by June Still Realistic?

Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by mid-2022 has been the World Health Organization's (WHO) rallying cry to end the pandemic. But recently, public health experts say that while boosting immunity globally remains essential, the figure is neither achievable nor meaningful. It has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is WHO's aim to vaccinate 70% of world by June still realistic?

Vaccinating 70% of the population in every country in the world against COVID-19 by mid-2022 has been the World Health Organization's (WHO) rallying cry to end the pandemic.

Reuters

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Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine as war rages, WHO warns

Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, calling for safe passage for emergency imports as combat rages.

Reuters

Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency

In 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global public health emergency. It urged nations to coordinate efforts to avert millions of deaths.

The Conversation

Ukraine claims victory in Kharkiv as Kyiv's Mayor says no Russians are in the city: As it happened

Ukraine claims a victory in Kharkiv after heavy clashes, while in Kyiv the city's Mayor says there are no Russian troops as a curfew continues.

ABC News

Covid seems never-ending. Here's what happened to 10 other deadly viruses in history

From Spanish flu, bird and swine flu to HIV, SARS and Ebola - were they defeated or are they still a health risk?

Chronicle Live

Indonesia to make mRNA shots as Southeast Asia vaccine hub

Indonesia could start making its own messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines after the World Health Organization (WHO) picked it to receive a technology transfer to become Southeast Asia's Covid-19 vaccine hub.

Bangkok Post

Global virus fight lacks solidarity, says WHO chief Soumya Swaminathan

HYDERABAD: Though scientific achievements were outstanding when it came to the global fight against Covid-19, the world fell short on vaccine equity and a global coordinated and harmonised way of approaching the pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.

The Times of India

WHO chief scientist lauds India’s massive vaccination drive

Vaccine availability not an issue, inability of many countries to mount such a response a challenge: Soumya Swaminathan

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The Independent UK

As 'stealth omicron' advances, scientists are learning more

The coronavirus mutant widely known as stealth omicron is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world

Tribune News Service

Video game addiction, now a globally recognized illness, seeks a treatment

Arcadia Kim devoted her career to video games, until one hit her in the face. The incident happened several years ago when Kim, a former studio operating chief at Electronic Arts Inc., was trying to peel away her then 10-year-old son from a game of Minecraft. He threw the iPad…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How the World Health Organization Might Face Future Pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health Organization on Thursday, with a target date of May 2024 for a treaty to be adopted by the N health agency's 194 member countries. A new pact is among more than 200 recommendations for shoring up…

The Guardian - UK

Covid: Iceland to lift all remaining curbs; coronavirus isolation rules end in England – as it happened

Latest updates: Iceland confirms no extra restrictions for unvaccinated; people in England who test positive for Covid no longer have to self-isolate

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Reuters

Explainer-How the World Health Organization might face future pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health Organization on Thursday, with a target date of May 2024 for a treaty to be adopted by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries.

The Independent UK

WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology to more nations

The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology used to make COVID-19 vaccines

Radio France Internationale

Omicron variant no more severe than original strain, WHO says

The World Health Organisation says the latest BA.2 variant of the Omicron coronavirus is no more virulent than the original strain.

Reuters

WHO announces 2nd hub for training countries to make COVID vaccines

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it has set up a hub in South Korea to train low- and middle-income countries to produce their own vaccines and therapies, and is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine project to a further five nations.

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK

‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs

‘Misleading’ messages from $55bn-a-year industry are ‘unethical’, says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco

Wales Online

Stealth Covid spreads faster and disease may be more severe, says WHO

You can also catch the new variant even if you have had Omicron

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