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The World Health Organization official said Monday that it's unlikely that the monkeypox outbreak will evolve into a pandemic like COVID-19. Sylvie Briand, WHO director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said at a…

Countries should take quick steps to contain the spread of monkeypox and share data about their vaccine stockpiles, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Friday. "We think that if we put in place the right measures now we…

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January, the World Health Organization said. In its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were more than 3.7…

Nigeria and 12 other countries in Africa are yet to surpass 10 per cent full vaccination of their population against the COVID-19 pandemic, a report released by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated.…

Ukrainian healthcare institutions have been attacked 64 times since Russia invaded its Western neighbour one month ago, the World Health Organisation confirmed Thursday. These attacks, equating to two to three every day, had caused 15…

The European Union and the United States are set to agree at a summit on Tuesday to reduce export restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines and drugs, a draft joint text says, arguing that voluntary sharing of technology is the key to boosting…

The UN´s health agency on Thursday said it had detected a surge late last month in coronavirus cases in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. "An exponential rise in the spread of SARS-Cov-2 virus has been recorded…

The World Health Organisation has renamed the Indian variant, also known as B.1.617.2, the Delta variant. Under WHO's new plans, the UK's Kent strain will also be known as 'Covid Alpha' while South Africa's variant will become 'Covid…

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next 6 weeks to get second doses to all who received the first dose. A single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine…

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has launched plans for a new ‘Global Pandemic Radar’ to identify emerging COVID-19 variants and track new diseases around the world, ahead of the Global Health Summit hosted by Italy and the EU.…