Honor five million lives lost to COVID-19 by making vaccine equity a reality, Guterres says
Nov 02, 2021, at 10:31 pm
New York: As the world on Monday passed yet another sombre pandemic milestone – five million lives lost to COVID-19 – Secretary-General António Guterres called on global leaders to back the UN strategy to make vaccine equity a reality by accelerating efforts and ensuring maximum vigilance to defeat the virus.
COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge: WHO
Apr 13, 2021, at 04:31 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over” but there are many reasons to be optimistic and it’s possible the pandemic can be brought under control “within months”, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday.
UK Scientists predict winter wave of COVID-19 to bring about 120,000 Fatalities - Reports
Jul 14, 2020, at 10:05 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: UK scientists believe that the winter wave of COVID-19 will be more serious than the first and may result in about 120,000 new fatal cases if the authorities fail to take urgent action to avoid the epidemic, media reported on Tuesday, citing a scientific report.