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Israeli air raids on Gaza severely damaged health, education, water and energy facilities and left a “terrified and traumatized” population, said humanitarian aid agencies. UNTV CH

International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread. WHO

Unitaid’s Executive Director Philippe Duneton warned about the critical need for investment in oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries, which have quadrupled in recent months. UNITAID

More than 220 people have now died in Gaza and the West Bank since violence erupted last week with Israel, where the toll has risen to 10 dead, the UN said today, in a call for greater access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and an end to hostilities. UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was a “huge disconnect growing” on the COVID-19 front. He stressed that the “pandemic is a long way far from over, and it will not be over anywhere until it’s over everywhere." WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged rich countries “to reconsider” vaccinating children and adolescents “and to instead donate vaccines to COVAX.” WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the winners of the 2nd edition of the Health for All Film Festival at a press conference Thursday. WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said COVID-19 cases and deaths have recently declined in most regions, “but it’s an unacceptably high plateau, with more than 5.4 million reported cases and almost 90 thousand deaths last week.” WHO

The US announcement to support a temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines is “a significant statement of solidarity and support for vaccine equity,” WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday, urging other countries “to follow their example." WHO