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WHO considers skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: September 1, 2021
07:17

Geneva, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday considered skepticism about the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines as a serious issue, a position that hinders efforts to put an end to the Covid-19 pandemic.

WHO starts humanitarian aid air corridor to Afghanistan

Published on: August 30, 2021
18:51

Kabul, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) A humanitarian corridor to Afghanistan started on Monday with the arrival of the first shipment of international medical aid to that country since it fell into the hands of the Taliban.

WHO: Lambda as variant of interest

Published on: August 26, 2021
07:30

Ginegra, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Lambda, a SARS-CoV-2 variant reported for the first time in Peru, continues nowadays to be interest for the World Health Organization (WHO), although some experts consider it necessary to study in greater depth.

WHO thanks Cuba’s concern in fight against Covid-19

Published on: August 25, 2021
16:21

Bern, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday thanked Cuba for its concern in the fight against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

WHO tests 3 more drugs in a broad search for Covid-19 treatments

Published on: August 12, 2021
07:34

Geneva, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday the next phase in its Solidarity trial: Solidarity PLUS will enroll hospitalized patients to test three new drugs (artesunate, imatinib and infliximabtres) in Covid-19 patients.

Cuba did not dismiss Covax, it only prioritized its own vaccines

Published on: August 11, 2021
12:33

Havana, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba never refused to receive Covid-19 vaccines through the WHO mechanism, Covax; instead, it decided to invest the country's scarce resources in developing its own products.

Lambda variant is not predominant worldwide, WHO says

Published on: August 5, 2021
07:15

Geneva, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday assured that Covid-19 Lambda variant is not predominant in the world.

WHO urges to ensure supply doses against Covid-19 to poor countries

Published on: August 4, 2021
16:12

Geneva, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) urged on Wednesday to ensure supplies of vaccines against Covid-19 to poor countries before high-income nations begin administering booster doses.

WHO laments lack of COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries

Published on: August 1, 2021
09:24

Cairo, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt, Gaeema al-Gasseer, lamented the lack of availability of Covid-19 vaccines for less developed countries.

Lambda variant of SARS-Cov-2 could evade antibodies

Published on: July 30, 2021
07:27

Washington, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) SARS-Cov-2 Lambda variant, in addition to being highly infectious, could evade neutralizing antibodies, according to the online repository of BioRxiv pre-publications.

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