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WHO's chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of September, to enable at least 10 per cent of the population of every country to be vaccinated." WHO

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "Almost four million cases were reported to WHO last week, and on current trends, we expect the total number of cases to pass 200 million within the next two weeks. And we know that is an underestimate.” WHO

Marking six months since the Tatmadaw seized power in Myanmar, United Kingdom Ambassador Barbara Woodward said, “what started as a political coup, has now become a multifaceted crisis, with political, economic, health, and humanitarian dimensions.” UNIFEED

In a statement issued today, UNICEF hails Bhutan’s successful completion of full COVID-19 vaccinations for 90 per cent of the eligible population. UNICEF

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

Addressing a General Assembly meeting on the observance of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said it was “our individual responsibility to follow Madiba’s example of humility, of forgiveness and compassion, while advocating for democracy and peace throughout the world.” UNIFEED

In a new agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), "Germany will be providing 260 million euros in funding, specifically for the WHO in order to help to steer the development, production and distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments and above all vaccines,” said Jens Spahn, German Federal Minister of Health. WHO

On Wednesday (14 Jul), 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through COVAX landed in Port-Au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. UNICEF

UN chief António Guterres said, “Let us renew our determination to build a strong, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the pandemic, and to take decisive action together to defeat the climate crisis and keep the promise of the 2030 Agenda.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, said there is a tendency for “mixing and matching” vaccine doses and warned that “it will be chaotic in countries if citizens start deciding when and who should be taking a second, third or a fourth dose." WHO