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COVID-19 variant first found in India now found in at least 17 countries: WHO
The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19 first found in India had as of Tuesday been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database 'from at least 17 countries'.
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WHO jab experts want more AstraZeneca clot data from outside Europe
The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation updated their guidance on the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab, rewriting the section on precautions in light of data from Europe on clotting.
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WHO seeks next steps in COVID-19 origins probe
After an international mission to China turned up more questions than answers about the pandemic origins, the WHO is evaluating how to move forward through a diplomatic quagmire to solve the mystery.
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Why we suspended the J&J COVID-19 vaccine rollout: SAHPRA
During a World Health Organization (WHO) Africa media briefing, South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) CEO Dr Boitumelo Semete explained why South Africa decided to temporarily pause the rollout of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine.
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WHO seeks ban on sale of live wild mammals in food markets
The World Health Organization on Tuesday called for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the spread of disease.
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Mkhize: SA vaccine programme a collaborative effort between govt, private sector
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that government's approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic was based on an all-inclusive strategy to utilise the full capacity of the country's health system.
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Europe vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow': WHO
To date, only 10% of the region's total population have received one vaccine dose, and 4% have completed a full vaccine series, the organisation said.
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China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
A report by WHO and Chinese experts released on Tuesday had judged the lab-leak hypothesis highly unlikely, saying the virus behind Covid-19 had probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediary animal.
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Virus likely jumped to humans from bats via 'missing link' animal: WHO report
Experts believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the Covid-19 disease originally came from bats.
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WHO urges countries to donate 10m vaccine doses 'immediately'
The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had called for all countries in the world to begin vaccinating within the first 100 days of the year, but said that so far, 36 countries had still yet to receive a single dose.
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AstraZeneca jab has 'tremendous potential' to reduce COVID deaths: WHO
The organisation’s vaccine safety experts gave renewed backing to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab on Friday, having reviewed safety data related to potential blood clotting.
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WHO experts say countries should keep using AstraZeneca jab
Several countries from France to Venezuela to Indonesia said they would not use the vaccine after several reports emerged of blood clots and brain haemorrhages in people who had received the vaccine.
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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.
