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New York: The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all Member States to support a “sustained humanitarian pause” to local conflicts, in order to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations. Briefing journalists afterwards, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus argued that more could be done. more
Côte d'Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa

New York: Côte d'Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second African nation in a week to benefit from the first shipments of shot ...

At least 16 people died after COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland: Watchdog

Moscow/Sputnik: At least 16 people have died in Switzerland after being vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) said.

South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign

New York: The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect more than 2.8 million children from polio is underway in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thurs ...

WHO-backed policy brief calls for action to address ‘long COVID’

New York: With one in 10 people still feeling ill 12 weeks after having COVID-19, authorities must do more to support them, a UN-backed policy brief issued on Thursday argues.

West Africa steps up efforts to tackle latest Ebola threat

New York: As a new Ebola outbreak threatens Guinea, six neighboring countries are urgently scaling up preparation and response efforts to prevent the further spread of the deadly virus, t ...

China attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days: Ex-US Deputy national security advisor Matt Pottinger

Beijing: Former US deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has said China had attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days of the crisis.

Studies highlight high anaemia rate in China’s Xinjiang region, points to malnutrition in young people

Beijing: Two separate studies conducted by Chinese researchers have found that malnutrition has been rising in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, media reports said.

Cambodia: COVID-19 outbreak hits Chinese community

Phnom Penh: A COVID-19 outbreak incident has been reported among Chinese expat community members in Cambodia, media reports said on Monday.

More than 2.6 million people vaccinated against coronavirus in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A total of 26,73,038 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Bangladesh within 18 days from February 7 till Wednesday (February 24).