UN News - COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise around the world for a fourth consecutive week, with around 3.3 million new cases reported in the past seven-day period, the UN health agency said on Wednesday. The number of new deaths from the coronavirus levelled off after a six-week decrease,
Authorities investigate missing vaccines as the Government of Jamaica affirms its commitment to break the cycle of improper distribution of scarce public goods by exercising fairness and integrity in distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. In a virtual vaccine town hall meeting last Friday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness
UN News - COVID-19 cases globally are on track to rise for a fourth consecutive week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. After six weeks of decline in January and February, cases are now increasing in most regions of the world. Meanwhile, deaths are falling, though
UN News - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together to ensure skin-to-skin contact. In many countries, if COVID-19 infections are confirmed or suspected,
UN News - Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists
UN NEWS—The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, aiming to advance fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. The initiative underscores the need for global solidarity to ensure vaccines are accessible in all countries, initially targeting healthcare workers and the most vulnerable. Tidal wave of suffering “The virus has killed more than 2.5 million people, and left millions more with
Variant of COVID-19 that spread in Britain more fatal, study finds The new variant of the novel coronavirus that was first detected in Britain has been found to be deadlier and more infectious that the earlier strains, according to a recent study. This comes as the world
To honour the individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the island's healthcare sector, the Commonwealth of Dominica has begun dedicating the new health and wellness centres after its brave and selfless nurses. Recently, four of these have been named after female healthcare workers. The homage
BVI Health Minister Carvin Malone has announced that vaccination centres across the territory will be temporarily closed as of March 4 as the territory waits to get the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines which has been pre-ordered. Malone said that the government is saving the remaining
COVAX has been trending in stories about the COVID-19 pandemic in recent days, particularly in relation to the shipment of vaccines to Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the first to arrive in Africa. Here’s a UN News recap of what COVAX is, and why it is so important. What
