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Covid seems never-ending. Here's what happened to 10 other deadly viruses in history

From Spanish flu, bird and swine flu to HIV, SARS and Ebola - were they defeated or are they still a health risk?

Chronicle Live

Indonesia to make mRNA shots as Southeast Asia vaccine hub

Indonesia could start making its own messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines after the World Health Organization (WHO) picked it to receive a technology transfer to become Southeast Asia's Covid-19 vaccine hub.

Bangkok Post

Global virus fight lacks solidarity, says WHO chief Soumya Swaminathan

HYDERABAD: Though scientific achievements were outstanding when it came to the global fight against Covid-19, the world fell short on vaccine equity and a global coordinated and harmonised way of approaching the pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.

The Times of India

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WHO chief scientist lauds India’s massive vaccination drive

Vaccine availability not an issue, inability of many countries to mount such a response a challenge: Soumya Swaminathan

The Hindu

As 'stealth omicron' advances, scientists are learning more

The coronavirus mutant widely known as stealth omicron is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world

The Independent UK

Video game addiction, now a globally recognized illness, seeks a treatment

Arcadia Kim devoted her career to video games, until one hit her in the face. The incident happened several years ago when Kim, a former studio operating chief at Electronic Arts Inc., was trying to peel away her then 10-year-old son from a game of Minecraft. He threw the iPad…

Tribune News Service

How the World Health Organization Might Face Future Pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health Organization on Thursday, with a target date of May 2024 for a treaty to be adopted by the N health agency's 194 member countries. A new pact is among more than 200 recommendations for shoring up…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Covid: Iceland to lift all remaining curbs; coronavirus isolation rules end in England – as it happened

Latest updates: Iceland confirms no extra restrictions for unvaccinated; people in England who test positive for Covid no longer have to self-isolate

The Guardian - UK

Explainer-How the World Health Organization might face future pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics will begin at the World Health Organization on Thursday, with a target date of May 2024 for a treaty to be adopted by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries.

Reuters

WHO works to spread COVID vaccine technology to more nations

The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology used to make COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent UK

Omicron variant no more severe than original strain, WHO says

The World Health Organisation says the latest BA.2 variant of the Omicron coronavirus is no more virulent than the original strain.

Radio France Internationale

WHO announces 2nd hub for training countries to make COVID vaccines

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it has set up a hub in South Korea to train low- and middle-income countries to produce their own vaccines and therapies, and is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine project to a further five nations.

Reuters

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK

‘Aggressive’ marketing of formula milk flouts code, warns WHO as it urges curbs

‘Misleading’ messages from $55bn-a-year industry are ‘unethical’, says report, which calls for plain packaging rules similar to tobacco

The Guardian - UK

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Wales Online

Stealth Covid spreads faster and disease may be more severe, says WHO

You can also catch the new variant even if you have had Omicron

The Independent UK

WHO: New COVID cases fall for the 3rd week, deaths also drop

The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week COVID-19 cases have dropped

The Independent UK

EU advises further relaxing travel rules for foreigners

European Union member countries agree they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from COVID-19

The Guardian - UK

UK reports 205 new coronavirus-related deaths and 41,130 cases; Ireland to drop most curbs – as it happened

Ireland will drop most restrictions, including mandatory face masks, on Monday

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Evening Standard

Six African countries selected to kick off Covid-19 jab production

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will receive the know-how to manufacture their own Covid jabs

Asharq Al-Awsat

Six African Nations to Get Own mRNA Jab Production

Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the continent largely shut out of access to Covid jabs. Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia were selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO's global…

France 24

Covid-19 in Africa: 'The doses are here, but vaccine hesitancy remains high'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Friday the launch of a Covid-19 vaccine production programme in Africa. Six countries (South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia) will be equipped with production lines to manufacture doses of mRNA vaccines, in an initiative aimed at reducing the continent’s reliance on…

The New Daily

The loneliness pandemic: A big problem whose answers are found in small, good things

The world is deep into a loneliness pandemic, and it's probably as sriuinous as COVID-19, on a personal level. A simple conversation can save lives.

The Conversation

How trying to copy a COVID vaccine changes the outlook for African countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six African countries that will receive technology to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. This comes off the back of the news that a South African consortium – part of the WHO’s technology transfer hub set up in 2021– had successfully replicated…

Radio France Internationale

Six African countries to get mRNA technology to make own vaccines

Six African countries have been selected to set up their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday – a first step for a continent which has been largely shut out of access to Covid jabs.

The Guardian - UK

Six African countries to begin making mRNA vaccines as part of WHO scheme

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia first countries to be assisted by global mRNA hub

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