The World Health Organization insisted Monday it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge was vital to preventing future outbreaks.
Pandemic or not, people must stay active: WHO
The coronavirus pandemic is no excuse for not getting enough exercise, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that even before the crisis many were getting too little physical activity.
Poorest must not be trampled in vaccines stampede: WHO
With Covid-19 vaccines on the horizon, the planet’s poorest must not be trampled as countries scramble to get their hands on them, the World Health Organization said Monday.
Virus wave must be fought without vaccines: WHO
The World Health Organization’s emergencies director warned Wednesday that vaccines would not arrive in time to defeat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Frontrunners emerge in race for Covid-19 vaccine
Dozens of companies, from biotech start-ups to Big Pharma, are racing to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, both to meet urgent medical need and for the potential payday.
Fears for Covid impact on measles after 2019 spike
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Covid-19 restrictions had crippled measles vaccination efforts amid fears for the impact on cases and deaths following a spike last year.
Winnie the Pooh cancelled: Trolls get creative after WHO censors Taiwan
Alleged censorship of Taiwan on the World Health Organization’s Facebook page inspired some creative trolling Thursday, with special characters and foreign scripts used to bypass filters that also censored Winnie the Pooh, a character used to poke fun at Chinese President Xi Jinping.
WHO chief hails Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine news as ‘encouraging’
The World Health Organization chief hailed as “encouraging” Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement Monday that their vaccine has in trials proved 90-percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections.
Coronavirus vaccine may be ready in second half of 2021: Galvez
With the recent approval of the country’s coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine roadmap, National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. believes that a vaccine could be rolled out between May and July next year.
Giving up on virus control ‘dangerous’: WHO chief
The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that abandoning efforts to control the coronavirus pandemic, as suggested by a top US official, was “dangerous”, urging countries not to “give up”.
UN stockpiling billion syringes for Covid-19 vaccine
The United Nations said Monday it would stockpile one billion syringes around the world by the end of 2021, to be used for the delivery of any future coronavirus vaccine.
Enforce quarantine to crush pandemic, says WHO
Contacts of people confirmed to have coronavirus should be properly quarantined, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the pandemic surges in Europe and North America.
PH cases rising: WHO fears coronavirus threatens to reverse progress in TB fight
The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to reverse progress towards eliminating tuberculosis, until now the top infectious disease killer globally, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
Letting virus ‘run free’ with eye to herd immunity ‘unethical’: WHO
The World Health Organization chief warned Monday against just allowing the new coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying it was “unethical”.
Ping not impressed by Duque’s new post at World Health Organization
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is not impressed with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s election as chairman of the World Health Organization’s regional committee for Western Pacific.
Mental health toll of pandemic ‘devastating’: WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a “devastating impact” on mental health services globally, the World Health Organization said Monday, ahead of a large fundraising push.
Back to school sa bahay! 24.7M students start classes in ‘new normal’
MANILA – Six months since the World Health Organization declared the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) a pandemic, learners and teachers returned to school virtually as the academic year 2020 to 2021 officially opened on Monday.
WHO wants 120m rapid virus tests for poorer states
Some 120 million rapid tests for Covid-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, the World Health Organization announced Monday — if it can find the money.
Accelerating not only in PH: World sees record weekly number of Covid-19 cases, deaths down – WHO
The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost two million, even as new deaths decreased, WHO statistics showed.
Over 60 wealthy nations join WHO’s Covid-19 vaccine plan
More than 60 wealthy nations have joined a WHO-backed programme to facilitate poor countries’ access to coronavirus vaccines, but the US and China are not on the list published Monday.
WHO endorses protocol for virus herbal medicine trials
The World Health Organization endorsed Saturday a protocol for testing African herbal medicines as potential treatments for the coronavirus and other epidemics.
Covid-19 death toll unacceptably high: WHO
The Covid-19 weekly death toll of around 50,000 lives is unacceptably high, the World Health Organization said Friday as the one million fatalities landmark approaches.
Fact check: Polio vaccine in the crossfire of misinformation
As scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine to stem the spread of Covid-19, another deadly disease, polio, has become the latest target of misinformation campaigns online.
WHO says ‘will not endorse’ vaccine if not safe, effective
The World Health Organization insisted Friday it would never endorse a vaccine that has not proven safe and effective, amid concerns over the rush to develop a jab for Covid-19.
