COVAX Is Ready To Deliver Vaccines, WHO Officials Tell WHO Executive Board – But Regulatory Approvals Still Lagging For Key COVAX Products 19/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine access platform, COVAX, is geared up to deliver vaccines to “far more” than 20% of member states’ populations beyond 2021, Dr Kate O’Brien, the body’s director of vaccines, told its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday. She was responding to concerns and criticisms expressed by member states at the […] Continue reading -> WHO Director General Rebukes Countries For Vaccine Hoarding At Opening Of WHO Executive Board – A Look At What Else Is In Store 18/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world is “on the brink of a catastrophe and moral failure – and the price of this failure will be paid with the lives and livelihoods in the world’s poorest countries,” declared WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his harshest rebuke to date of both countries and the pharma industry for failing […] Continue reading -> ‘Bilateral Deals’ Confound COVAX Vaccine Delivery Plans; Independent Panel Slams Global & WHO Pandemic Response 18/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan “Escalating bilateral deals” between pharmaceutical companies and World Health Organization (WHO) member states have complicated the global body’s vaccine delivery platform, the COVAX Facility, a number of top WHO officials told the WHO’s Executive Board yesterday in the opening day of the EB’s 148th session, which focused largely on the pandemic. “Countries with bilateral deals […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Cases Spike In Brazil As New Variant Spreads, While WHO Says No Need For ‘Vaccine Passport’ Yet 15/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan Many areas of Brazil, particularly Manaus, are experiencing worsening COVID-19 outbreaks and extremely high levels of infections, amidst news of a new variant that is spreading in the country. Brazil joins countries around the world – including those in Europe, the Americas, and some parts of Africa – that are seeing spikes in cases and […] Continue reading -> Leading Filipino Senator Questions Government’s Preference For Chinese COVID Vaccine 15/01/2021 J Hacker The Philippines is expecting to receive its first batch of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine next month — but one leading Filipino senator is questioning the government’s preference for the candidate as new data indicates a lower efficacy rate than western competitors. Earlier this week, developer Sinovac Biotech reported an efficacy rate of only 50.38% […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Director General Rebukes Countries For Vaccine Hoarding At Opening Of WHO Executive Board – A Look At What Else Is In Store 18/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The world is “on the brink of a catastrophe and moral failure – and the price of this failure will be paid with the lives and livelihoods in the world’s poorest countries,” declared WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his harshest rebuke to date of both countries and the pharma industry for failing […] Continue reading -> ‘Bilateral Deals’ Confound COVAX Vaccine Delivery Plans; Independent Panel Slams Global & WHO Pandemic Response 18/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan “Escalating bilateral deals” between pharmaceutical companies and World Health Organization (WHO) member states have complicated the global body’s vaccine delivery platform, the COVAX Facility, a number of top WHO officials told the WHO’s Executive Board yesterday in the opening day of the EB’s 148th session, which focused largely on the pandemic. “Countries with bilateral deals […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Cases Spike In Brazil As New Variant Spreads, While WHO Says No Need For ‘Vaccine Passport’ Yet 15/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan Many areas of Brazil, particularly Manaus, are experiencing worsening COVID-19 outbreaks and extremely high levels of infections, amidst news of a new variant that is spreading in the country. Brazil joins countries around the world – including those in Europe, the Americas, and some parts of Africa – that are seeing spikes in cases and […] Continue reading -> Leading Filipino Senator Questions Government’s Preference For Chinese COVID Vaccine 15/01/2021 J Hacker The Philippines is expecting to receive its first batch of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine next month — but one leading Filipino senator is questioning the government’s preference for the candidate as new data indicates a lower efficacy rate than western competitors. Earlier this week, developer Sinovac Biotech reported an efficacy rate of only 50.38% […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Bilateral Deals’ Confound COVAX Vaccine Delivery Plans; Independent Panel Slams Global & WHO Pandemic Response 18/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan “Escalating bilateral deals” between pharmaceutical companies and World Health Organization (WHO) member states have complicated the global body’s vaccine delivery platform, the COVAX Facility, a number of top WHO officials told the WHO’s Executive Board yesterday in the opening day of the EB’s 148th session, which focused largely on the pandemic. “Countries with bilateral deals […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Cases Spike In Brazil As New Variant Spreads, While WHO Says No Need For ‘Vaccine Passport’ Yet 15/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan Many areas of Brazil, particularly Manaus, are experiencing worsening COVID-19 outbreaks and extremely high levels of infections, amidst news of a new variant that is spreading in the country. Brazil joins countries around the world – including those in Europe, the Americas, and some parts of Africa – that are seeing spikes in cases and […] Continue reading -> Leading Filipino Senator Questions Government’s Preference For Chinese COVID Vaccine 15/01/2021 J Hacker The Philippines is expecting to receive its first batch of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine next month — but one leading Filipino senator is questioning the government’s preference for the candidate as new data indicates a lower efficacy rate than western competitors. Earlier this week, developer Sinovac Biotech reported an efficacy rate of only 50.38% […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Cases Spike In Brazil As New Variant Spreads, While WHO Says No Need For ‘Vaccine Passport’ Yet 15/01/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin & Kerry Cullinan Many areas of Brazil, particularly Manaus, are experiencing worsening COVID-19 outbreaks and extremely high levels of infections, amidst news of a new variant that is spreading in the country. Brazil joins countries around the world – including those in Europe, the Americas, and some parts of Africa – that are seeing spikes in cases and […] Continue reading -> Leading Filipino Senator Questions Government’s Preference For Chinese COVID Vaccine 15/01/2021 J Hacker The Philippines is expecting to receive its first batch of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine next month — but one leading Filipino senator is questioning the government’s preference for the candidate as new data indicates a lower efficacy rate than western competitors. Earlier this week, developer Sinovac Biotech reported an efficacy rate of only 50.38% […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Leading Filipino Senator Questions Government’s Preference For Chinese COVID Vaccine 15/01/2021 J Hacker The Philippines is expecting to receive its first batch of China’s Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine next month — but one leading Filipino senator is questioning the government’s preference for the candidate as new data indicates a lower efficacy rate than western competitors. Earlier this week, developer Sinovac Biotech reported an efficacy rate of only 50.38% […] Continue reading -> Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pfizer Temporarily Reduces EU Vaccine Deliveries, While US President Biden’ Vaccine Plan Dubbed ‘Aspirational’ But ‘Doable’ 15/01/2021 J Hacker Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to all European Union (EU) states will be reduced for an undisclosed period starting from next week, Norway’s National Institute of Public Health has said. The sudden change to delivery schedules, Pfizer announced on Friday, is due to a reorganization of the company’s production capacity. It did not say how […] Continue reading -> Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Hundreds of Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Tragedy Recruited To India’s Covaxin Clinical Trials – Civil Society Groups Say 14/01/2021 Menaka Rao DELHI, INDIA – In the last week of December 2020, Chanda Devi heard a truck roll into her neighborhood in North Bhopal, Central India. Residents were called outside by a voice, booming through loudspeakers. They were eligible to collect Rs 750 (about US$10) to receive a “corona vaccine”. The people said that they were recruiters, […] Continue reading -> African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Union Secures 270 Million COVID-19 Vaccines – WHO Says Its Not Opposed To Deals Outside COVAX 14/01/2021 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, NIGERIA – So far the continent has been obliged to look on as developed countries vaccinate millions of their citizens against SARS-CoV-2, but now African countries may also soon gain access to COVID-19 vaccines. In a striking show of political unity, the African Union (AU) has secured provisional commitments to procure some 270 million […] Continue reading -> WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Has ‘Outsourced’ Its Role On Vaccine Access – Civil Society Groups Claim 12/01/2021 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) has “outsourced” its role in vaccine access and sidelined member states by leaving the running of the COVAX vaccine procurement facility to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiative), Third World Network’s Sangeeta Shashikant told a civil society forum on Tuesday. “Disparity in access is the […] Continue reading -> Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Rapid Increase In COVID Cases ‘Not Due To The Variant’, WHO Says 12/01/2021 J Hacker The “almost vertical” spike in SARS-CoV-2 infections seen in many countries over the last few weeks is largely due to increased social contact and not virus mutations, WHO has said. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead, stated that sharp increases in transmission had occurred in a […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts