The Latest Breaking News from WHO

Ghana declares first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Ghana Health Service is working to reduce risks of virus spreading, including isolation of all identified contacts.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022

A dire moment in the pandemic ... was the chance he'd been waiting for

How Sotiris Missailidis, head of R&D in Brazil's vaccine agency, used the COVID crisis to push through a game-changing effort for middle-income countries to invent their own mRNA vaccine.

WEKU · Jul 18, 2022

‘A bright life ahead’: Botswana on path to seeing no babies born with HIV

Country may be Africa’s first to stop mother-baby transmission as WHO hails ‘groundbreaking’ fall in rates from 40% to 1%

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

How the UK’s rising Covid cases compare to other countries

Omicron sub-variants driving up infections across world, WHO director-general warns

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

New Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and on the rise around the world?

Omicron sub-variants driving up coronavirus cases in UK and being monitored closely

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2022

WHO warns public of Monkeypox symptoms as cases grow and vaccines necessary

“So these are all the things that people should be very aware of”

Irish Mirror · Jul 16, 2022

Global vaccination coverage continued to plunge in 2021, according to a new report

A report from WHO and UNICEF states that last year, 25 million children missed out on one or more "lifesaving vaccines" — for diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, polio and yellow fever.

WEKU · Jul 15, 2022

Rise in unvaccinated children in India

The number of children who were unvaccinated or missed first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine doubled due to the pandemic, says data published by WHO, UNICEF

The Hindu · Jul 15, 2022

Five frontline workers who missed out on bonus for not wearing Covid-19 masks bring claims to WRC

The five brought claims to the WRC under the Industrial Relations Act

Irish Mirror · Jul 15, 2022

Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as widespread as COVID-19, but is worth watching

Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a blistery rash that lasts two to four weeks, but a small percentage of infected people develop sepsis or other severe and potentially fatal complications.

The Conversation · Jul 15, 2022