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WHO recommends that vaccinations with AstraZeneca jab continue
Some countries in the EU have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine.
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This is what we still don't know about the origins of COVID-19
Graphic on key questions about the origins of the global pandemic that has killed more then 2.6 million people and devastated economies around the world.
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Countries should continue AstraZeneca rollout: WHO
The UN health agency said its vaccine safety experts were looking at the AstraZeneca data.
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ANALYSIS: First ever national survey shows the extent of SA’s TB problem
South Africa’s long-awaited tuberculosis prevalence survey results were recently released. They reveal that the country has a much higher burden of TB than previously thought.
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WHO 'deeply concerned' by Brazil COVID-19 surge
The WHO has repeatedly voiced alarm about the outbreak in Brazil, which is the second hardest-hit country in the world after the United States, counting nearly 273,000 deaths out of close to 22.3 million cases.
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WHO approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine
WHO authorisation paves the way for the jabs to be used as part of the Covax initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to vaccines in poorer countries.
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No reason to stop using AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: WHO
Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Italy and Romania postponed or limited the rollout of AstraZeneca vaccines after isolated reports of recipients developing blood clots.
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COVID-19 worsening already alarming rate of violence against women: WHO
'Violence against women is endemic in every country and culture, causing harm to millions of women and their families,' WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, adding that the problem 'has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic'.
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Year on, WHO says COVID-19 early alarm fell on some deaf ears
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some countries were slow to wake up to the risks of the novel coronavirus after the PHEIC declaration, when, outside China, there were fewer than 100 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths.
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Don't waste the hope of vaccines, warns WHO
The World Health Organization voiced fears that further waves of the coronavirus pandemic could be on the way if people think the roll-out of vaccines around the globe means the crisis is over.
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WHO rolls out Covax vaccines to southern Africa
The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access platform, also known as Covax last week delivered 600,000 units of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Ghana and 504,000 to the Ivory Coast.
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World won't vanquish virus this year, says WHO
The World Health Organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan said it might be possible to take the sting of tragedy out of the coronavirus crisis by reducing hospitalisations and deaths.
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Ghana to receive world's first doses of free Covax vaccines
The West African nation has recorded 80,759 COVID-19 cases and 582 deaths since the start of the pandemic. These figures are believed to fall short of the real toll as the number of tests is low.
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WHO advisory group declares AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safe for all adults
The group found the vaccine has a 22% efficacy in preventing mild to moderate COVID-19 caused by the second variant of the coronavirus.
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WHO mission member says 'don't rely' on US virus intelligence
The World Health Organization mission ended Tuesday without finding the source of the virus, but members had to walk a diplomatic tightrope during their stay, with the US urging a 'robust' probe and China warning against politicising the issue.
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WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus
Experts believe the disease - which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide - originated in bats and could have been transmitted to humans via another mammal.
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WHO expresses concerns on AstraZeneca vaccine findings
The World Health Organization held a briefing on the latest findings on the AstraZeneca Vaccine on 9 February 2021. #Covid19news #Vaccines #AstraZeneca
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WHO says don't dismiss AstraZeneca shot after SA delays jabs
In South Africa, alarm was raised when a trial at Johannesburg's University of Witwatersrand concluded the AstraZeneca vaccine provided only "minimal" protection against mild to moderate OVID-19 caused by the variant first detected in South Africa.
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China to offer 10 million vaccine doses to Covax
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that China 'decided to provide 10 million vaccine doses to Covax, primarily to meet the urgent needs of developing countries.'
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WHO expert says China mission going 'very well'
China has faced criticism at home and abroad for playing down the initial outbreak and concealing information when it first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019, raising doubts over the usefulness of the WHO trip.
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WHO slams critics of COVID-19 origins probe
A WHO investigative team is in Wuhan, China - where the first cases were discovered in December 2019 - trying to piece together how the virus jumped from animals to humans before going on to kill more than two million people.
