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World Health Organization chief Tedros calls for end to 'vaccine nationalism'

"(Acting) strategically and globally is actually in each country's national interest - no one is safe until everyone is safe," he told a vi...

China says WHO gave blessing for coronavirus vaccine emergency use programme

WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in Geneva this month that national regulatory authorities could approve use of medical products...

World Health Organization's emergency committee reviews coronavirus outbreak

The World Health Organization grouping, comprising around 20 members and advisers, can propose new recommendations or amend existing ones. ...

Donald Trump blasts China for unleashing COVID-19 onto the world

Addressing the General Debate, Trump said the world must hold accountable "the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world, China. In...

$18 billion global coronavirus vaccine plan moves ahead, without China and America, for now

While China wasn’t on the list, 38 governments are expected to sign up in the coming days, according to a statement Monday from Gavi, the V...

Coronavirus: World Health Organization chief scientist sees no herd immunity yet

Herd immunity is usually achieved through vaccination and occurs when most of a population is immune to a disease, blocking its continued s...

Despite urgency, pharma companies committed to science first policy on vaccine: Industry body

Vaccine development is a complex process, traditionally it takes as long as 20 years, said Ashish Pal, vice-president of the Singapore Asso...

World Health Organization sweetens terms to join struggling global COVAX vaccine facility

The change appears aimed at convincing governments which have negotiated their own bilateral deals securing experimental vaccines to also s...

Here's why Singapore's coronavirus death rate is the lowest in the world

While the parameters of the disease continue to be studied as the pandemic progresses, current global trends suggest its impact has been le...

Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million as pandemic shows no signs of slowing

India was firmly in focus as the latest epicentre, although North and South America combined accounted for almost half of the global cases.

World Health Organization official hails 'good news' from early trials

“We now need to move into larger-scale real-world trials,” Dr Michael Ryan told reporters at a news conference in Geneva. “But it is good t...

WHO calls for 'rethink' of elderly care after COVID-19 losses

Fatality rates in care homes have been high, partly because the elderly are more vulnerable to the disease but also because the response ha...

WHO reports record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 307,000

The biggest increases were from India, the United States and Brazil, according to the agency's website. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of ...

World Health Organization says vaccine safety top priority, as AstraZeneca pauses study

"Just because we talk about speed...it doesn't mean we start compromising or cutting corners on what would normally be assessed," Dr. Soumy...

IMF says coronavirus crisis "far from over," more support needed

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis was "far from over" and underscored the need for multilater...

South African volunteers on AstraZeneca vaccine trial say not alarmed by pause

Some 2,000 volunteers in South Africa are taking part in the trial which was paused globally on Tuesday after an unexplained illness in a p...

World must be better prepared for the next pandemic, more ready than it was this time: WHO

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic. Tedros called on c...