Funding, vaccines sought from G20 nations
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY EMERGING powers among G20 countries including China, Brazil and India are being pressed to contribute urgent financing and
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World Health Organization
COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July
EMMA FARGE THE COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme hopes to send millions of delayed doses of AstraZeneca’s shots to Africa in June
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Summit secures $2.4 bln for COVID shots for poor countries
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY and JOHN MILLER DOZENS of countries have pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan to widen
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WHO approves Sinovac COVID shot in second Chinese milestone
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing,
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‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty as part of bold reforms – WHO’s Tedros
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an
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Is it all Greek to you? Variants get new names
EMMA FARGE CORONAVIRUS variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek Alphabet in a
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Bid to end ‘scandalous vaccine inequity’
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE COVID-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution, the head of the World
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Rocked by new sex claims, W.H.O appeals for information
SONIA ELKS FACING scrutiny over new claims of sexual abuse by its workers, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged
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WHO urges rich countries to donate
THE World Health Organization has urged rich countries to reconsider plans to vaccinate children and instead donate COVID-19 shots to
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WHO approves Sinopharm
STEPHANIE NEBEHAY THE World Health Organization (WHO) has approved for emergency use a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm,
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