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COVID-19: Omicron Is Not ‘Mild’, Kills People Like Other Variants – WHO
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday.WHO...
Omicron spreading faster than Delta variant – WHO warns
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that there is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant was spreading faster than the Delta variant,...
COVID-19: Omicron now in 89 Countries – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 89 countries.Omicron — labelled a “variant of...
WHO Lists Ninth COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2...
Investing $1 per person per year, “Best Buy” could save 7m people living in poor countries by 2030- WHO Report
By Joyce Remi- BabayejuA new report released by World Health Organization, WHO, has shown that close to seven million deaths could...
WHO calls for significant investments in health system to meet UHC
By Joyce Remi- BabayejuAs the world marks the 2021 Global Universal Health Coverage, UHC, Day today, the World Health Organization WHO, has...
Inequalities hinder progress towards ending AIDS, Malaria – WHO
The World Health Organisation on Thursday described inequality as a major hindrance to ending HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.This was contained in a joint report...
No Reports Of Deaths From Omicron Variant Yet – WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.The WHO said...
Africa records 2,500 new cases of HIV infection daily- WHO
...Urges countries to invest more on drugsBy Joyce Remi-BabayejuAs the world marks the 201 World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization,...
WHO names new COVID-19 strain ‘Omicron’, says it’s ‘variant of concern’
The World Health Organisation has named the latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa, the Greek name ‘Omicron’, and labelled it a variant of...