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Omicron COVID variant underlines need for global ‘pandemic treaty’

Date
Monday, November 29, 2021 - 10:04 AM
Description
The emergence of the threatening new Omicron variant shows how important it is for the world to end the current “cycle of panic and neglect” over the COVID-19 pandemic, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday.

Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’

Date
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 1:11 PM
Description
Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Wednesday.

Omicron sublineage BA.2 remains a variant of concern

Date
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 2:42 PM
Description
The BA.2 virus, a sublineage of the Omicron COVID-19 mutation, should continue to be considered a variant of concern, scientists convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’

Date
Friday, December 17, 2021 - 9:30 AM
Description
COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever

On World Hepatitis Day, WHO calls to eliminate disease by 2030

Date
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 10:30 AM
Description
The UN health agency pointed out on Wednesday, World Hepatitis Day, that every 30 seconds a person dies from a hepatitis-related illness and called for all countries to work together to eliminate this preventable disease as a public health threat by