Sinovac’s WHO approval to boost vaccine confidence – Palace
Malacañang on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue an emergency use listing for the Covid-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech.
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At least 115,000 health workers have died from Covid: WHO
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries.
Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on Covid
Two decades ago, Soumya Swaminathan watched her HIV-infected patients suffer often horrific and unnecessary deaths. There was a treatment for their disease, but they simply could not afford it.
Pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns
The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly”, as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.
Variant accelerating India’s Covid explosion: WHO top scientist
A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said Saturday.
WHO approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the first Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light.
WHO begs G7 to step up and combat Covid
The WHO pleaded Monday with the G7 to dig deep and fund the global Covid-19 recovery, warning the crisis cannot be resolved worldwide if they do not step up.
China deflects questions after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
China deflected questions over an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 on Wednesday, after the WHO chief revived a theory it may have leaked from a Chinese lab and the United States led concerns over data access.
Assuming agad! Wes Gatchalian: Premature for WHO to say tobacco firms will use COVID-19 vaccines for promotion
Deputy Speaker and Valenzuela Rep. Wes Gatchalian on Thursday said that the claim of the World Health Organization (WHO) that tobacco and infant formula manufacturers will use the COVID-19 vaccines for promotion is premature.
Growing global vaccine gap ‘grotesque’: WHO
The World Health Organization on Monday blasted the growing gap between the number of coronavirus vaccines administered in rich and poor countries, branding the inequity a global “moral outrage”.
