PAHO monitoring Delta and other variants in 43 countries
“So far, PAHO has found that the impact of variants of concern on the effectiveness of vaccines for COVID-19 has been minimal,”…
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Guterres among officials “deeply shocked” by murders of medical staff in Ethiopia
According to news reports, MSF lost contact with a vehicle that had been carrying workers from the Spanish branch of the agency, on Thursday…
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China shows more signs of opening up with completion of first PPP high-speed railway
The Hangzhou to Shaoxing to Taizhou intercity railway was completed on Tuesday and represents the first high-speed railway controlled by…
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Cayman Gov't resists Covid herd immunity label
The Caribbean country is reporting that 60 percent of its population of 65,000 have been fully (double dose) vaccinated against Covid-19,…
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US$5 million Covid vaccine lottery launched in US state
The move comes amid flagging take up among Ohians to take the jab, Governor Mike DeWine said.
Governor DeWine made the announcement…
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UN health expert not convinced about vaccination passports
“At this stage, we would not like to see vaccination passports as a requirement for entry or exit because we are not sure at this stage…
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AstraZeneca vaccine benefits ‘largely positive’
Dr Rogério Pinto de Sá Gaspar, Director for Regulation and Prequalification, was responding to a journalist’s question regarding…
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COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week
The number of coronavirus deaths also declined in all regions by 10 per cent over the same period, with 81,000 fatalities reported in the…
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UN peacekeepers injured in major attack
In a statement, MINUSMA said that the ‘blue helmets’ under fire were able to repel the attackers, who fled after delivering a…
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EN expert: ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine
“This offers profound hope to those who believe that consequences, not condonation, must be the answer to the commission of grave…
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Why the pre-pandemic debt landscape matters
Our data show that the global average debt-to-GDP ratio (weighted by each country’s GDP in US dollars) rose to 226 percent in 2019, 1.5…
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Canada makes temporary change for travellers leaving Jamaica
In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Canada imposed new regulations on all travellers entering the country, effective…
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1,000 airline employees to be impacted by further operational cuts
As a result of the reduction in capacity, the equivalent of 1,000 employees across the WestJet Group of Companies will be impacted through a…
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2020 closes hottest decade on record
Despite a cooling La Niña event, 2020 has been a year of exceptional heat that is now mature and impacting weather patterns in many parts of…
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Fruits and vegetables crucial for healthy world
In a message launching the campaign, Secretary-General António Guterres said that despite tremendous benefits of fruits and vegetables,…
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Human rights must be ‘front and centre’ of COVID-19 response
The UN chief made the appeal in his message for Human Rights Day, observed on Thursday.
“People and their rights must be front…
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