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'Vaccines that don't require needles may be out by year-end': WHO expert

World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan

Published on Mar 17, 2021, 12:37 PM IST

WHO urges world not to halt vaccinations as AstraZeneca shot divides Europe

The WHO had already said there was no indication the events were caused by the vaccination, a view also expressed by the European Medicines Agency.

Updated on Mar 15, 2021, 9:25 PM IST

WHO insists AstraZeneca Covid vaccine safe as jab faces new setbacks

UK-based AstraZeneca insisted its jab was safe, adding there is "no evidence" of higher blood clot risks.

Published on Mar 13, 2021, 8:58 AM IST

WHO says its advisory committee looking at AstraZeneca vaccine issues

Biomedical engineers pack a consignment of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines under the COVAX scheme against Covid-19.

Published on Mar 12, 2021, 6:45 PM IST

AstraZeneca vaccine use halted in several EU countries. What do we know so far

The EMA insisted there is currently no indication that AstraZeneca’s vaccine has caused the conditions not listed as side effects.

Published on Mar 12, 2021, 5:30 PM IST

No reason to stop using AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine: WHO

On Friday, Bulgaria became the latest country to suspend inoculations using the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Published on Mar 12, 2021, 4:57 PM IST

WHO assessing reports on risks related to AstraZeneca's vaccine against Covid-19

The WHO representative stressed that the global health body was aware of some EU countries' decisions to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Published on Mar 12, 2021, 5:52 AM IST

Night shift work may increase cancer risk? Here's what study has to say

Night shift work may increase cancer risk? Here's what study has to say

Updated on Mar 9, 2021, 9:49 AM IST

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO warns against letting guard down

A study by the University of Oxford shows AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant.

Updated on Mar 7, 2021, 5:37 AM IST

WHO chief scientist says India showed capacity to innovate, manufacture vaccines

"India has shown the capacity to be a manufacturer at the global scale and also be an innovator when it came to vaccine development," WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said.

Published on Mar 2, 2021, 3:35 PM IST

WHO says more than 11,000 Ebola vaccines will go to Guinea

Workers from the World Health Organization (WHO) inspect an Arktek ultra-cold vaccine storage cylinder containing Ebola vaccines in Mbandaka, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo in this undated photograph taken July, 2020. Picture taken July, 2020. T. Alhassan/WHOAFRO/Handout via REUTERS

Published on Feb 18, 2021, 7:38 PM IST

Covid-19 world tracker: Five countries with maximum confirmed cases

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this week, "For the third week in a row, the number of new cases of Covid-19 reported globally fell last week."

Published on Feb 6, 2021, 11:29 PM IST

Brazil temporarily bans flights from South Africa, UK to prevent Covid-19 spread

Brazil temporarily bans flights from South Africa, UK to prevent Covid-19 spread

Updated on Jan 27, 2021, 8:09 AM IST

WHO stops short of advising proof of Covid-19 shots for travel

The experts issued a series of recommendations, which WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accepted and sent to the U.N. agency's 194 member states, a statement said.

Published on Jan 16, 2021, 8:20 AM IST

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