UNICEF, with support from DP World, sends critical supplies to help fight COVID-19 surge in India
UNICEF has sent additional critical lifesaving supplies to India, including 2 million face shields and 200,000 surgical masks.
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Pfizer donates USD 70 mn worth COVID-19 treatment drugs to India
“We are deeply concerned by the critical COVID-19 situation in India, and our hearts go out to you, your loved ones and all the people of India,” he said in a mail sent to Pfizer India employees that he has shared on his Linked.in post.
Post-vaccine Covid infections and deaths rare, UK study finds
The vast majority of the post-vaccination Covid-19 cases and fatalities were among vulnerable, elderly people, the researchers said
India will need 5 lakh ICU beds, 3.5 lakh medical staff in next few weeks: leading surgeon
At present, India has only 75,000 to 90,000 ICU beds and almost all are occupied
Indians rush for vaccines as coronavirus toll tops 200,000
Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the country’s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday, worsened by shortages of hospital beds and medical oxygen.
UN leads new global immunization effort
A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who have missed lifesaving jabs against diseases such as measles, yellow fever and diptheria, in large part because of COVID-19 disruption.
‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, WHO committee says
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies are required to confirm the link, experts with the World Health Organizatio (WHO) said on Wednesday.
COVID-19: AstraZeneca vaccine benefits still ‘largely positive’
The benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are still “largely positive” and outweigh risk of rare but serious blood clots, said an official with the World Health Organization (WHO), on Tuesday during a press briefing from Geneva.
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: WHO
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency’s chief as a welcome start, but far from conclusive.
COVID disrupts contraception services, leads to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, says UNFPA
One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said that an estimated 12 million women have experienced disruptions to their family planning services.