"COVID 19 - CORONAVIRUS DISEASE"

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that WHO does not recommend mass vaccination against monkeypox. WHO

WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "globally, the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline. This is clearly a very encouraging trend – increasing vaccination rates are saving lives – but WHO continues to urge caution. Globally, there is not enough testing, and not enough vaccination." WHO

Speaking at a leadership dialogue event, UN Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake said, a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the pandemic “depends on young people's engagement and their ownership as full-fledged partners and not as beneficiaries.” UNIFEED

The Head of the World Health Programme (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the WHO has issued an updated appeal for almost 150 million US dollars for Ukraine and refugee-hosting countries, but noted the Organization still faces a funding gap of 100 million US dollars. WHO

UNITAID advocates for strong support for Africa’s response to the pandemic and welcomes Second Global COVID-19 Summit. UNITAID

According to the World Health Organization, 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported from 11 countries, and 2 Ebola cases in DRC. Tedros also said that globally, reported cases of COVID-19 continue to decline, but the virus is “still spreading, it’s still changing, and it’s still killing.” WHO

WHO recommends highly successful COVID-19 therapy and calls for wide geographical distribution and transparency from originator. WHO

The lowest number of COVID-19 deaths since the early days of the pandemic was recorded last week, but “far from being the time to drop our guard, this is the moment to work even harder to save lives,” WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said. WHO

Ted Chaiban, Global Lead Coordinator for COVID-19 Vaccine Country-Readiness and Delivery told the Security Council, “in 2022, we must take the rapid action needed to accelerate vaccination. The window of opportunity is gradually closing. We risk losing the momentum and failing on vaccine equity.” UNIFEED

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “based on what we know now, the most likely scenario is that the virus continues to evolve, but the severity of disease it causes reduces over time as immunity increases due to vaccination and infection.” WHO