Covid

Developed countries’ hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and other tools are prolonging the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. “It is the hoarding of these materials, we saw at the beginning of the…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has stated that in its report on the origins of the coronavirus, the US intelligence community will try to confirm predetermined findings and shift responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday (Jul 1) said COVID-19 cases were on the rise again in Europe after two months of decline and warned a new wave would come “unless we remain disciplined”. “Last week, the number of cases…

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned that Beijing will face “isolation in the international community” if it does not cooperate with investigations into the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is that diplomatic spadework…

A Chinese American civil rights group has reportedly launched a lawsuit against Donald Trump over the former POTUS’ use of terms such as “China virus” to describe COVID-19. The celebrity gossip website TMZ reported that the Chinese…

Medics have warned of a surge of new COVID-19 cases around the world despite the ongoing vaccination campaigns in many countries. India and Brazil, which reported the highest number of confirmed new infections, have been hit the…

Canada on Tuesday said it had recorded its first case of blood clotting with low platelets after someone received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot, according to a Health Ministry statement. The person, who was not identified and who…

The WHO reiterated Friday there was “no adequate data” on switching Covid-19 vaccines between doses, after France said under-55s who received an AstraZeneca first jab should get their second from a different vaccine. The World Health…

Many Americans --Republicans in particular—remain deeply skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines, threatening to derail a national vaccination program that aims to contain the virus that has killed more than 540,000 in the United States. “If…

The number of new coronavirus cases has risen in Europe after six weeks of decline, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. “Last week, new cases of COVID-19 in Europe rose nine percent to just above one million. This brought a…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected an increase in weekly reported COVID-19 cases for the first time in seven weeks, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during Monday’s briefing. “In the past week, the…

In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 109,885,555 and 2,429,669, respectively. The US is the…

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that the original animal carrier of COVID-19 has not yet been identified, as the organization ruled out that a ab leak caused the outbreak. The remarks were as WHO held a press conference…

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned the new mutant strain of the coronavirus is “out of control” and suggested parts of England will be stuck in the new highest tier of restrictions until a vaccine is rolled out. More than 16…

“WHO has been in touch with the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, who expressed interest in applying for WHO emergency use listing (EUL), and we look forward to receiving the data for their EpiVacCorona candidate…

Moderna plans to have 100 to 125 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine available in the first quarter of 2021, the vast majority of which will go to the United States, the biotechnology company announced Thursday. Between 85 and 100…

More than 130 Secret Service agents who protect President Donald Trump, the White House and the first family have been ordered to isolate because they caught COVID or were in close contact with someone who was infected with the virus.…

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) at this time had a grim warning concerning the subsequent months with COVID-19, warning that some nations are on a “dangerous track.” Its newest evaluation got here on a day when the WHO…

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while speaking at a high-level UN General Assembly meeting on Wednesday said that the actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 was “certainly higher” than one million. The global COVID-19…

Any potential COVID-19 vaccine backed by the Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program is unlikely to receive a green light from regulators any earlier than November or December, given the time needed for a large-scale…

The US Treasury sent checks designed to help stimulate the economy devastated by COVID-19 to more than one million dead people, according to a government watchdog report Thursday. The independent Government Accountability…

US President Donald Trump on Friday increased his estimate of possible deaths in the United States from the coronavirus, telling a White House event he hopes for less than 100,000 fatalities, a higher upper limit than the 60,000 to 70,000…

The Department of Defence said in a press release on Wednesday that 82 additional military personnel have contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total to 3,578. Eighty-five US service members are currently…

The number of American sailors tested positive so far for the coronavirus on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has surged 13 percent to 155 within the past 24 hours, the US Navy has confirmed amid the sacking of the warship’s…