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Moscow/Sputnik: Developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Saturday that AstraZeneca can achieve maximum efficacy of its vaccine in less than a three-month interval if it uses Sputnik V as its second shot. more
WHO believes badgers, rabbits could have spread COVID-19 to humans: Reports

Moscow/Sputnik: World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the pandemic’s origins suggest that ferret badgers and rabbits, which were sold at a Wuhan market in China, cou ...

WHO seeks $1.96 billion for 2021 Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Response

The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking nearly $2 billion to fund its 2021 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for COVID-19 response which, was launched on Thursday in ...

COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week: WHO

New York: In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of gobal infections have fallen by 16 per cent in a week – ...

WHO says number of global new COVID-19 cases falling

Geneva/Sputnik: The number of new global cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is decreasing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Tuesday.

White House vows US help to stop Ebola outbreaks in Africa

Washington/Sputnik: The United States will do everything in its power to stop resurgent outbreaks of the potentially lethal Ebola disease in countries in Africa, White House spokeswoman J ...

Downward COVID-19 trend shows ‘simple public health measures work’ – UN health chief

New York: The number of reported cases of COVID-19 globally has declined for the fifth consecutive week, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday, underscoring that “simple p ...

Two die as new Ebola outbreak declared in southern Guinea

New York: Guinean health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in a rural community in the south of the country, with at least seven people infected, two of whom died, the UN Wor ...

Another Coronavirus strain discovered in UK, detected in 10 other countries : Report

Moscow/Sputnik: Yet another coronavirus variant (B.1.525) has been detected in the United Kingdom, as well as ten other countries, including the US, researchers from the University of Edi ...

COVID-19: WHO Wuhan mission now finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

Wuhan:Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO), who are trying to find the possible origin of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in China, have discovered signs the outbreak was mu ...