Tag: WHO

Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

The Netherlands is the latest nation to act over reports of blood clotting in adults in Norway but WHO says jab is safe.

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original Covid outbreak in 2019

WHO mission head, Peter Ben Embarek, told CNN that the mission had found several signs of the more wide-ranging 2019 spread.

WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus

WHO officials have long been negotiating with Beijing to allow a team of global scientists access to key sites to investigate origin of virus.

Super gonorrhoea on the rise due to Covid-19, WHO warns

If left untreated, gonorrhoea may cause infertility, lead to an increase of HIV transmission and eye infections that may lead to blindness.

Africa ‘can’t afford’ a second coronavirus wave

WHO says the virus will run out of control if African countries continued opening up without adequate interventions in place.

Iran cover-up of Covid-19 deaths revealed by data leak

The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran’s government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found. The government’s own records appear to show almost 42,000 people died with Covid-19 symptoms up to 20 July, versus 14,405 reported by its health ministry. The number of people known to be infected […]

WHO ‘fears silent virus epidemic’ in Africa

There have been almost 3,400 deaths and almost 115,000 infections across Africa according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control