by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 29, 2021 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,director-general,WHO “Delta and Omicrom are now twin threats driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation and deaths,” said World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 18, 2021 | Facts, Pandemic
The vaccine, Covovax, is produced by the Serum Institute of India, under licence from Novavax, and will now be part of the COVAX facility portfolio, boosting efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries. WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
“It’s somewhat a subjective judgment because it’s not just about the number of cases. It’s about severity and it’s about impact,” says Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief. How will the world decide...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 9, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) vaccine advisory panel recommends that people who are immunocompromised or received an inactivated vaccine should receive a booster dose of a COVID-19 shot, it said on Thursday. Many countries have been rolling out booster...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 8, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
The WHO, in its weekly epidemiological report, said more data was needed to assess the severity of disease caused by the Omicron variant and whether its mutations might reduce protection from vaccine-derived immunity “Even if the severity is equal or potentially...
