WHO advises vulnerable, over-60s against travel In travel advice on the Omicron coronavirus variant, the World Health Organization said that people vulnerable to developing severe Covid-19 disease, including the over-60s, should ... Coronavirus • 16 mins
World must bolster WHO, agree pandemic treaty - experts The World Health Organization must be strengthened with more funding and greater ability to investigate pandemics through a new treaty, an independent panel has said. Coronavirus • 22 Nov
Pfizer vaccine 'highly effective' against severe Covid Vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe Covid - including the Delta variant - for at least six months, ... Coronavirus • 05 Oct
Pandemic consequences 'on shoulders of women' - Ryan Women and girls have experienced the pandemic in a very different way across the world to men, according to Dr Mike Ryan of the World ... Coronavirus • 08 Sep
England to scrap isolation rules for fully vaccinated People in England who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will, from 16 August, no longer have to self-isolate after close contact with someone who ... Coronavirus • 06 Jul
WHO renames variants of concern using Greek alphabet The World Health Organization has announced a new naming system for variants of interest (VOI) and variants of concern (VOC), the forms of the Covid-19 ... Coronavirus • 31 May
WHO warns of 'significant undercount' in Covid deaths Up to three times more people have died due to the pandemic than indicated by the officially reported Covid-19 deaths, the World Health Organization has ... Coronavirus • 21 May
WHO says Europe's vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow' The World Health Organization has criticised Europe's "unacceptably slow" vaccine roll-out and said the region's surge in coronavirus infections was "worrying". Coronavirus • 01 Apr
Advocacy group launches Covid-19 campaign Advocacy group Global Citizen has launched a campaign around ending the Covid-19 pandemic and improving equality worldwide. Business • 24 Feb
United States to pay $200 million in WHO obligations The United States will pay more than $200 million to the World Health Organization by the end of the month after reversing Donald Trump's plan ... World • 17 Feb
Nigerian woman named new boss in double first for WTO Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed the first female and first African head of the World Trade Organization, at a special general meeting today. Business • 15 Feb
AZ vaccine can be used for people aged over 65 - WHO WHO vaccine experts have said that the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be used for people aged over 65, and also in settings where variants of ... Coronavirus • 10 Feb
WHO team says lab virus leak theory extremely unlikely Experts from the World Health Organization have all but eliminated a controversial theory that Covid-19 came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Coronavirus • 09 Feb
WHO warns rich countries against 'vaccine nationalism' The head of the World Health Organization has warned against "vaccine nationalism", saying there was a "real danger that the very tools that could help ... Coronavirus • 30 Jan
WHO virus investigation begins with fieldwork in Wuhan Experts from the World Health Organization visited a Wuhan hospital today as the fieldwork began in a closely watched coronavirus origins probe that will take ... Coronavirus • 29 Jan
Warning over 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines The head of the World Health Organization said the world is on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" on distributing vaccines, urging countries and ... Coronavirus • 18 Jan
WHO virus investigators still waiting for Chinese visas An international expert team has set off for China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Beijing has yet to provide the necessary ... Coronavirus • 05 Jan
WHO envoy says ferocity of virus surge a surprise The World Health Organization's Special Envoy on Covid-19 has said the "the ferocity and the rapidity of the (current) surge has surprised us somewhat". Coronavirus • 05 Jan
WHO against mandatory Covid-19 vaccines The World Health Organization has said that persuading people on the merits of a Covid-19 vaccine would be far more effective than trying to make ... Coronavirus • 07 Dec 20
WHO recommends masks indoors if ventilation poor The World Health Organization has recommended wearing face masks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate, in an update to ... Coronavirus • 02 Dec 20
Vaccines will not mean zero Covid-19, says WHO's Ryan World Health Organization Executive Director Dr Mike Ryan has said the arrival of vaccines will not mean zero Covid-19. Coronavirus • 26 Nov 20
Lockdowns in Europe 'avoidable' - WHO Fresh lockdowns in Europe are avoidable, including through near-universal mask-wearing, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe office has said. Coronavirus • 19 Nov 20
Warning over 'vaccine hesitancy' amid Moderna results The Deputy Chief Medical Officer has said news about Covid-19 vaccines is promising, but cautioned that "we will have to overcome vaccine hesitancy". Coronavirus • 16 Nov 20
WHO chief in quarantine after contact tests positive The World Health Organization chief has said he is self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he ... Coronavirus • 02 Nov 20
Europe 'well behind' in fight against Covid-19 - WHO European governments are "well behind" in the fight against coronavirus and the continent is becoming an epicentre for the disease, a senior medic at the ... Coronavirus • 26 Oct 20
