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WHO: World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million Covid deaths

07-07-2021 15:46 The world passed the "tragic milestone" of four million recorded Covid-19 fatalities on Wednesday, the World Health Organization said, adding that the pandemic's true toll was probably higher.

Global pandemic

In Latin America, Covid-19 hits pregnant women hard

02-07-2021 00:41 Alarm bells rang in Uruguay when eight pregnant women died from the coronavirus in the space of five weeks time — a new reality observed recently across Latin America.

Global pandemic

Countries mull WHO reform and how to rebuild post-Covid world

24-05-2021 11:02 Vaccine sharing, strengthening the WHO and adopting a pandemic treaty among proposals from world leaders addressing how to halt the Covid-19 pandemic and prevent future health catastrophes.

COVID-19 VACCINES

US backs plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents

06-05-2021 11:09 US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses.

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PAHO warns of fake Covid-19 vaccines in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

21-04-2021 16:29 Jarbas Barbosa says PAHO is aware of reports suggesting that Covid-19 vaccines – likely counterfeit – are being offered for sale in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

Vaccine delivery

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

28-03-2021 22:40 Argentina took delivery of 218,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on Sunday, the country's first shipment from the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme.

Global pandemic

Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

27-07-2020 17:08 Even as the grim figures keep rolling in, the World Health Organisation is arguing against a wholesale closing of borders, as global death toll reaches 650,000.

Global pandemic

Ignoring outrage, Trump makes good on WHO pullout

08-07-2020 00:09 In late May, Trump said that China exerted "total control" over the WHO and accused the UN body of failing to implement reforms.

Global pandemic

WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems

02-06-2020 15:21 Four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America, the World Health Organisation's emergencies director Michael Ryan said.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Trump says the United States will cut ties with WHO

30-05-2020 10:04 Move likely to spark dismay, especially in other parts of the world where the coronavirus outbreak has yet to reach its peak.

Global pandemic

Trump says United States is 'terminating' relationship with WHO

29-05-2020 18:12 Trump accuses Geneva-based WHO of being a "puppet" of China, and said the funding freeze would become permanent unless it made "substantive improvements."

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WHO warns that first wave of Covid-19 pandemic is not over

26-05-2020 11:15 Top World Health Organisation official cautions that world is "right in the middle of the first wave globally," as cases in Brazil and India surge.

Coronavirus pandemic

Trump halts US funding to the World Health Organization

14-04-2020 23:52 Trump cuts off funding to the World Health Organisation in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the UN body of mishandling the crisis. Washington contributed US$400 million to the WHO last year.

Coronavirus pandemic

UN: 85% of new infections, deaths coming from Europe, United States

24-03-2020 08:50 WHO says infections and deaths globally from the new coronavirus are expected to increase “considerably” when global figures are published later Tuesday.

Coronavirus pandemic

World Health Organisation declares coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic

11-03-2020 14:47 By reversing course and using the charged word it had previously shied away from, United Nations health agency is seeking to shock lethargic countries into pulling out all the stops.