Topic: pandemic
Coronavirus has not settled down and Omicron is not the last variant: WHO
A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, ending physical distancing - and a more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant - are causing an increase of COVID-19 cases globally, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday.
10 richest men double income while incomes 99% of humanity fall during pandemic: Oxfam report
The wealth of the 10 richest men in the world has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall, according to a new report from Oxfam International.
COVID pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN report
The UN’s key report on the global economy, released on Thursday, shows that the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has put the brakes on a rapid recovery, counteracting signs of solid growth at the end of last year.
Current system will not protect us from next pandemic: WHO report
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said on Monday.
Europe, US in grip of devastating fourth coronavirus wave
Europe is in the grip of a potentially devastating fourth coronavirus wave and the United States has now recorded more Covid-19 deaths in 2021 than it did in 2020,...
45,000 children released from prisons during pandemic across globe: Report
More than 45,000 boys and girls were released from detention during the COVID-19 pandemic, proving that child-friendly justice solutions “are more than possible”, according to new data released on Monday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
