Tag: World Health Organisation

25/05/2021

WHO estimates that at least 115.000 health and care professionals have lost their lives due to COVID-19 pandemic. The head ...

A medical worker getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Bulgaria

Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID

14/05/2021

More Europeans have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases are falling, “the threat remains present”. ...

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Made in China vaccine gets WHO global approval for emergency use

13/05/2021

The COVID-19 China vaccine got the WHO green light for global rollout, potentially paving the way for its use in ...

Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports

10/04/2021

Being vaccinated against COVID-19 may not prevent transmission and vaccine passports may not be an “effective strategy” for restarting travel, ...

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

World Health Day: Stella Kyriakides EU debates Health Union

06/04/2021

As we celebrate World Health Day, health inequalities remain a daily reality for so many of our citizens in the ...

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of UNWTO, on the left, and Margaritas Schinas

UNWTO urges Commissioner Schinas to lead the way in Tourism Restart

30/03/2021

As the latest data shows an 85% fall in tourist arrivals across Europe at the start of 2021, UNWTO has ...

India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID

India donates 200,000 vaccine doses to UN blue helmets peacekeepers

29/03/2021

India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions. The ...

When will we travel again in Europe?

17/03/2021

The Commission adopted a common Digital Green Certificate to travel again covering vaccination, testing and recovery. A technical framework will ...

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission

President von der Leyen looks to speed up vaccine rollout

17/03/2021

European Union has secured up to 2.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far and negotiations are underway to speed ...

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WHO: Do not STOP vaccinations of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Many more countries have suspended the AstraZeneca vaccinations as a precautionary measure, after thromboembolic events with vaccines. EU countries have ...

Astrazeneca Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a fridge

EMA investigates AstraZeneca Vaccine and thromboembolic events

Several authorities responsible for national vaccine campaigns in EU countries have temporarily paused vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. This is ...

A shipment of Astrazeneca Covid-19 is received and checked in Coimbra

WHO and European Medicines Agency investigate AstraZeneca vaccine

Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several ...

Hearing loss: A Common Health Problem for 2.5 bn people worldwide

By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned, in ...

A researcher holding a glass vaccine vial

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized in Europe

15/03/2021