After six straight weeks of high new cases of Covid-19 in Africa, the fourth wave of the pandemic on the continent, driven by the Omicron variant, is stable. The confirmation was made Thursday by the World Health Organization, WHO. Southern Africa, where there has been a large increase in new infections, has already seen a decline of 14% in the past week. Africa...
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Poor countries say no to 100 million doses "due to expiration date"
The World Health Organization (WHO), revealed this Thursday that poor countries refused last month to receive about 100 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine because the expiration date was too short. In fact, the WHO has already accused rich countries on several occasions of withdrawing from the batch...
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Covid-19 cases worldwide rise 55% says WHO
In the first week of January, the number of reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide rose considerably. Worldwide the WHO speaks of 15 million new cases of Covid-19, a rise of 55% from the previous week. As for the number of deaths, the WHO says it remains similar, 43,000 patients...
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More than 50% of the population in Europe could be infected by Omicron in the coming weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that more than 50% of the European population could become infected with Omicron in the coming weeks. Since the discovery of this variant, Omicron, in South Africa, the numbers have not stopped growing. According to the World Health Organization's director at the European level, Hans Kluge, during the first week...
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"Omicron variant should not be classified as mild," - WHO
The multiplication of covid-19 contagions with Omicron is putting the World Health Organization (WHO) on alert and has already led health authorities to issue a warning: the new variant may be milder in symptoms, but no less serious. The WHO reminds us that the speed at which it spreads can...
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WHO wants 70% of the world's population vaccinated by mid-2022
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called for the mobilization of governments, pharmaceuticals and society to get 70% of the population in all countries vaccinated against covid-19 by mid-2022. "I want governments, industry and civil society to work with us on a campaign that aims for 70% coverage of...
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"Risk of Omicron variant remains very high," WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers that the risk presented in the world by the Ómicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes covid-19 disease remains "very high". "The glocal risk linked to the worrying new variant Ómicron remains very high," the WHO warns in the weekly epidemiological bulletin quoted by Lusa. According to the WHO "reliable evidence demonstrates...
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Did you know that sugar is the enemy of learning and memory?
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a balanced diet with low sugar values, suggesting a sugar intake of up to 10% of total daily calories. A study from the University of Georgia in the United States of America studied the long-term impact of daily consumption of sugary drinks during adolescence. The data indicated...
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"No country will get out of pandemic with vaccination booster," warns WHO
"No country will emerge from the covid-19 pandemic with booster doses of vaccines," warned this Wednesday, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), who has spoken out against administering additional doses when a portion of the world's population, the poorest, particularly in Africa, remain unimmunized. According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who...
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Mozambique receives 720,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine
Mozambique received on Tuesday 720 thousand doses of the Covishield vaccine against the new coronavirus. These are doses donated under the Covax mechanism promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), the new batch received this Tuesday is part of a total of 17.8 doses of Covishield vaccine.