Russian government officials Tuesday recommended closing workplaces after the nation again set a daily record for COVID-19 deaths and nearly 34,000 new infections.Russia’s government coronavirus task force reported 1,015 deaths over the past 24 hours, …
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WHO Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot for Immunocompromised
The World Health Organization is recommending that people with weakened immune systems be given a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.A panel of WHO vaccine advisers said the additional dose would help immunocompromised people because that population …
WHO Chief: ‘No Country Can Vaccinate Its Way Out of This Pandemic in Isolation’
“The pandemic has destabilized societies, economies, and governments. It has shown that there is no global security without global health security,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a recent address to ambas…
WHO: Most of Africa Has Missed 10 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Goal
GENEVA — Fifteen African countries have succeeded in fully vaccinating at least 10 percent of their populations against COVID-19 by September 30, a goal set by the World Health Organization in May. However, that leaves two-thirds of the continent’s 54 …