In Malawi, a child has been infected with wild polio virus. It is the first case in Africa in more than five years. Africa was declared wild polio free in August 2020, after all forms of wild polio were eliminated from the region. But now the Malawian government is reporting a new case of wild … Read more
– © REUTERS – The corona pandemic “is far from over,” World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Tuesday. – Source: BELGIAN Yesterday at 19:21– The idea is that the omikron variant is benign, but the virus “continues to engulf the world. (…) Don’t be fooled, omikron also causes hospitalizations and deaths, … Read more
– theme image — © fvv – Rich countries are probably responsible for an extension of the corona pandemic with their booster vaccinations for everyone, according to the World Health Organization. If those doses had gone to healthcare workers and vulnerable people in poor countries, 40 percent of the world’s population would have been vaccinated … Read more
– © AFP – “Postpone your meetings. A canceled party is better than a canceled life.” The CEO of the World Health Organization (WHO) makes that call for fear of the omikron variant of the corona virus. – mtmSource: The Guardian Yesterday at 08:16– Omikron is not only spreading faster than delta, but is also … Read more
It is plausible that corona vaccines offer protection against serious consequences of the new omikron variant, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). But it’s not fixed yet. More and longer research is needed. – Source: BELGIAN Today at 18:47— The WHO expects more data on omikron transmission in a few days. The corona variant, … Read more
A group of top experts enrolls The Lancet that potential benefits of a third shot (if any) do not outweigh vaccinating people in poor countries. – It is one of the important issues this fall: does it make sense to offer the entire Western population a third shot of a corona vaccine, with a view … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a new report warning of a new pandemic. It has listed some lessons that we can draw from the corona pandemic. “The only thing missing”, says virologist Marc Van Ranst, “is tempering expectations. We have never been able to stop a pandemic.” – The starting point: a new … Read more
In a documentary on the Danish public broadcaster TV2, Peter Embarek, the chief of the WHO mission trying to determine the origin of the coronavirus in China, labeled the theory that the virus escaped from a laboratory as “probable”. However, on March 29, the mission concluded that an incident at the Wuhan Virological Institute was … Read more
Johnson & Johnson assures that its corona vaccine is effective against the highly contagious delta variant, which first appeared in India. The immune response would last for at least eight months. – According to an own study by the American pharmaceutical company, the antibodies and cells of the immune system neutralize the delta variant in … Read more
“No job is worth the risk of stroke or heart disease,” warn the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). Between 2000 and 2016, the number of deaths linked to overwork increased by nearly 30 percent, it turns out. – “It is high time we all – governments, employers and employees – … Read more