UN News - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available. The vaccine procurement and distribution effort, involving over 170 economies, has the
Russia's 'Sputnik V' vaccine showed promising results Russia's COVID-19 vaccine is found to be successfully generating antibodies that are similar to those who are naturally recovering from the novel coronavirus. This is according to the report released Friday in the weekly peer-reviewed The Lancet, one of
Barbados GIS - Several European countries have now been deemed high risk by health authorities for travel into Barbados. And a number of Caribbean countries have also been shifted from the low and medium risk categories to high risk. When the updated COVID-19 protocols for travel into Barbados
Press Release - The European Commission has confirmed its interest to participate in the COVAX Facility for equitable access to affordable COVID-19 vaccines everywhere, for everyone who needs them. As part of a Team Europe effort, the Commission is today also announcing a contribution of
UN News - There is likely only a slim possibility of people being reinfected with COVID-19, said WHO, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months. Speaking to journalists in
The World Health Organization (WHO) pushes countries to join and invest in the COVAX facility to guarantee fair and timely access for everyone to the COVID-19 vaccine. “Investing in the COVAX Facility is the fastest way to end this pandemic and ensure a sustainable economic recovery,”
With several countries experiencing fresh COVID-19 outbreaks after periods of little or no transmission, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday highlighted the need for authorities to be able to move quickly to prevent further spread of the disease. These nations provide a cautionary tale because they show how “progress does not mean victory”, said WHO chief Tedros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=33&v=yYtl1Xhe19g&feature=emb_title From across the region, the UN in the Pacific brought together artists UN leaders, heads of State and international celebrities in the world’s first regional COVID-19 concert. “I’m very proud to be part of this historic event”, said Tofiga Fepulea’i, who hosted the concert in character as the
As the regional reference laboratory, the CARPHA Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML) continues to conduct tests for suspected COVID-19 cases for 18 of its 26 Member States. Throughout the pandemic period, CARPHA has been guiding laboratory action through science-based testing protocols based on the latest recommendations
United Nations News - Nearly 820 million children worldwide do not have basic handwashing facilities at school, putting them at increased risk of COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases, according to a report published on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s
