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 • 18 hrs
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
Covid-19: 10 key developments in a world crisis From the first cry of alarm out of central China to worldwide lockdowns and masks here are ten key developments in the spread of Covid-19. Coronavirus • 10 Sep 20
WHO urges 'dialogue' with virus protesters The World Health Organization has urged governments to engage with people demonstrating against Covid-19 restrictions and listen to their concerns, but stressed protesters need to ... Coronavirus • 31 Aug 20
'Historic day' as Africa is declared free of polio The World Health Organization has declared that Africa is free of the virus that causes polio, a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the ... World • 25 Aug 20
Travel green list will not be published today The green list for travel will not be published today, as the Cabinet meeting to sign off on the measure has been postponed. Coronavirus • 20 Jul 20
Australia extends state border closures over Covid-19 Australia's second most populous city began a six-week lockdown today following a spike in new coronavirus cases, as states around the country tightened internal borders ... Coronavirus • 09 Jul 20
WHO urged to update guidance over virus transmission A scientist, who was one of 239 signatories to a letter to the World Health Organization over concerns Covid-19 could be an airborne virus, has ... Coronavirus • 08 Jul 20
WHO studying evidence on airborne Covid transmission The World Health Organization has said it will study fresh evidence on airborne transmission of the coronavirus, after an international group of scientists concluded it ... Coronavirus • 08 Jul 20
WHO: Over 160,000 cases reported every day in past week The global scale of the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization has said, pointing out that June saw more than half of all ... Coronavirus • 01 Jul 20
