Apr 14, 2023, at 02:48 pm
Airfinity’s new risk modelling, that is being presented at the Rhodes Summit in London Friday the 14th, indicates there’s a 27.5 pct chance that a pandemic as deadly as COVID-19 could take place in the next ten years.
Monkeypox becoming COVID-19 like pandemic is zero percent: US Health expert
May 24, 2022, at 11:59 pm
Washington: A top US health expert has said the chance of Monkeypox becoming a COVID-19 like pandemic is 'zero percent'.
Billions more needed for UN-backed global collaboration to end pandemic
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:10 pm
New York: A new strategy announced on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for $23.4 billion to combat inequities in accessing COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments, as cases of the disease mount globally for the first time in two months.
COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pandemic’
Oct 08, 2021, at 10:37 pm
New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Health Canada approves Pfizer vaccine in adolescents in ages 12 to 15
May 06, 2021, at 04:50 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada Wednesday approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in adolescents in ages 12 to 15 after Canadian Health regulators reviewed clinical trial data submitted by the New York-based company last month.
90 percent of countries’ health services continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic: WHO
Apr 25, 2021, at 05:56 am
New York: Over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and 90% of countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services. The findings of the second World Health Organization (WHO) “pulse survey” reveal that no substantial global change has been made since the first survey was conducted in the summer of 2020.
To end the pandemic, WHO says $28 billion ACT project is ‘the best deal in town’
Dec 16, 2020, at 10:36 pm
New York: An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
It isn’t over: WHO concerned at ‘growing perception’ COVID pandemic is passing
Dec 05, 2020, at 03:58 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on Friday over the “growing perception” that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, despite exploding infection rates in some countries and enormous pressure growing on health services.
Global partners require $31 billion to speed up COVID-19 medicines for all
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:51 pm
New York/IBNS: More than $31 billion is needed over the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be effective against COVID-19, and make them available to all people, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners said on Friday.
Coronavirus pandemic could have caused 40 million deaths if left unchecked: Study
Mar 27, 2020, at 06:24 pm
London/IBNS: The outbreak of COVID-19 would likely have caused 40 million deaths this year in the absence of any preventative measures.