Africa’s Natural Disaster & Climate Funds Have Been Diverted To Address COVID-19 Pandemic – IFRC World Disaster Report 18/03/2021 Geoffrey Kamadi COVID-19 has presented new risks to the African continent, with already limited financial resources needed to respond to climate hazards and natural disasters now being diverted to fight the pandemic. The pandemic has made it all the more challenging to ensure there is adequate disaster financing on the continent, and this now needs urgent attention, […] Continue reading -> Mixed Emotions After Death Of Tanzania’s COVID-19 Skeptic President 18/03/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG –The death of Tanzanian President and COVID-19 skeptic John Magufuli has drawn decidedly mixed emotions – as tributes poured in from both average Tanzanians, as well as other African heads of state and world leaders. But Tanzanian opposition forces said that the president’s mysterious death was a chance for a reboot on both Tanzania’s […] Continue reading -> European Union Proposes A Travel Certificate System, While Region Pushes Back Against UK Over Vaccine Exports 18/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The European Commission has released a proposal establishing a framework for a “Digital Green Certificate”, clearing the way for a vaccine certificate system to be set up by the summer. The proposal comes as many European countries are witnessing a third wave of infections and as the region’s vaccination campaign is lagging from vaccine shortages […] Continue reading -> Delayed Delivery Of Vaccines Procured By Africa CDC Threatens Timeline For Achieving ‘Herd Immunity’ 17/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Africa’s goal of achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 hangs in the balance as 270 million doses of vaccines are yet to arrive in the continent despite being secured three months ago by the African Union (AU) and African Centres for Diseae Control (ACDC). Mid-January 2021, Health Policy Watch reported that the Africa CDC had […] Continue reading -> South Africa Vaccine Rollout: Health Worker Jabs Inch Forward – But With Insufficient Doses For Everyone 17/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s vaccination programme for health workers is inching forward, fuelled by small deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine every two weeks. However, overall supplies remain far short of the needs – even for the health sector. The country has an estimated 1.25 million health workers in public and private health to serve its […] Continue reading -> European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mixed Emotions After Death Of Tanzania’s COVID-19 Skeptic President 18/03/2021 Chandre Prince JOHANNESBURG –The death of Tanzanian President and COVID-19 skeptic John Magufuli has drawn decidedly mixed emotions – as tributes poured in from both average Tanzanians, as well as other African heads of state and world leaders. But Tanzanian opposition forces said that the president’s mysterious death was a chance for a reboot on both Tanzania’s […] Continue reading -> European Union Proposes A Travel Certificate System, While Region Pushes Back Against UK Over Vaccine Exports 18/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The European Commission has released a proposal establishing a framework for a “Digital Green Certificate”, clearing the way for a vaccine certificate system to be set up by the summer. The proposal comes as many European countries are witnessing a third wave of infections and as the region’s vaccination campaign is lagging from vaccine shortages […] Continue reading -> Delayed Delivery Of Vaccines Procured By Africa CDC Threatens Timeline For Achieving ‘Herd Immunity’ 17/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Africa’s goal of achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 hangs in the balance as 270 million doses of vaccines are yet to arrive in the continent despite being secured three months ago by the African Union (AU) and African Centres for Diseae Control (ACDC). Mid-January 2021, Health Policy Watch reported that the Africa CDC had […] Continue reading -> South Africa Vaccine Rollout: Health Worker Jabs Inch Forward – But With Insufficient Doses For Everyone 17/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s vaccination programme for health workers is inching forward, fuelled by small deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine every two weeks. However, overall supplies remain far short of the needs – even for the health sector. The country has an estimated 1.25 million health workers in public and private health to serve its […] Continue reading -> European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Proposes A Travel Certificate System, While Region Pushes Back Against UK Over Vaccine Exports 18/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin The European Commission has released a proposal establishing a framework for a “Digital Green Certificate”, clearing the way for a vaccine certificate system to be set up by the summer. The proposal comes as many European countries are witnessing a third wave of infections and as the region’s vaccination campaign is lagging from vaccine shortages […] Continue reading -> Delayed Delivery Of Vaccines Procured By Africa CDC Threatens Timeline For Achieving ‘Herd Immunity’ 17/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Africa’s goal of achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 hangs in the balance as 270 million doses of vaccines are yet to arrive in the continent despite being secured three months ago by the African Union (AU) and African Centres for Diseae Control (ACDC). Mid-January 2021, Health Policy Watch reported that the Africa CDC had […] Continue reading -> South Africa Vaccine Rollout: Health Worker Jabs Inch Forward – But With Insufficient Doses For Everyone 17/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s vaccination programme for health workers is inching forward, fuelled by small deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine every two weeks. However, overall supplies remain far short of the needs – even for the health sector. The country has an estimated 1.25 million health workers in public and private health to serve its […] Continue reading -> European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Delayed Delivery Of Vaccines Procured By Africa CDC Threatens Timeline For Achieving ‘Herd Immunity’ 17/03/2021 Paul Adepoju Africa’s goal of achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 hangs in the balance as 270 million doses of vaccines are yet to arrive in the continent despite being secured three months ago by the African Union (AU) and African Centres for Diseae Control (ACDC). Mid-January 2021, Health Policy Watch reported that the Africa CDC had […] Continue reading -> South Africa Vaccine Rollout: Health Worker Jabs Inch Forward – But With Insufficient Doses For Everyone 17/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s vaccination programme for health workers is inching forward, fuelled by small deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine every two weeks. However, overall supplies remain far short of the needs – even for the health sector. The country has an estimated 1.25 million health workers in public and private health to serve its […] Continue reading -> European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South Africa Vaccine Rollout: Health Worker Jabs Inch Forward – But With Insufficient Doses For Everyone 17/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s vaccination programme for health workers is inching forward, fuelled by small deliveries of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine every two weeks. However, overall supplies remain far short of the needs – even for the health sector. The country has an estimated 1.25 million health workers in public and private health to serve its […] Continue reading -> European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Sharply Divided Over AstraZeneca Rollout – Despite Lack Of Documented Link to Higher Blood Clot Risks 16/03/2021 Raisa Santos Major European nations remain divided over the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the pharma company said there was no evidence of increased risk of blood clotting and abnormal bleeding among people who get the vaccine. AstraZeneca’s review of all the safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union (EU) […] Continue reading -> WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Scientist Who Spoke Out Against Controversial Italy Report Resigns 16/03/2021 Editorial team The WHO scientist who spoke out against the suppression of a damning report exposing key flaws in Italy’s COVID-19 response has resigned, Health Policy Watch has learned. Franscesco Zambon, a senior figure at WHO’s Venice Office who led the preparation of the controversial report, told Health Policy Watch that he resigned over the WHO’s censorship […] Continue reading -> Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Novavax Vaccine Shows Less Efficacy Against COVID Variants – Sputnik Vaccine to Be Produced In Italy 14/03/2021 Madeleine Hoecklin Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has an efficacy rate of 96.4% against the original strain of SARS-CoV2. However, the efficacy rate drops up to 55.4% against the new B.1351 variant first identified in South Africa, and also spreading globally. The pharma company, which has never brought a vaccine to market before, published the data from two […] Continue reading -> Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Kenya Confirms Third Wave of COVID-19 12/03/2021 Esther Nakkazi Kenya has officially announced a third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak this week, while the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region reported a “slight uptick in cases and an upward trend in 12 countries, including in Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Cameroon.” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during the weekly press conference said […] Continue reading -> Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tedros Challenges Brazilian Govt to Take Pandemic Seriously – WHO Approves J&J Vaccine 12/03/2021 Kerry Cullinan The Brazilian government needs to enforce “serious social measures” to contain the virus before it overwhelms its health facilities, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the body’s weekly COVID-19 briefing. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro continues to downplay the pandemic despite the country reaching its highest death rate in the past week […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts