Topic: Vaccine
COVID-19 recovery offers chance to change course: UN chief
The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, urging greater efforts by everyone to protect biodiversity and step up climate action.
Coronavirus: Denying vaccines to Palestinians exposes Israel’s institutionalized discrimination, alleges Amnesty
The Israeli government must stop ignoring its international obligations as an occupying power and immediately act to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are equally and fairly provided to Palestinians living under its occupation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, said Amnesty International.
Vaccinating equitably saves lives, stabilizes health systems: WHO
“Vaccine nationalism hurts us all and is self-defeating”, spelled out the top WHO official.
Is COVAXIN safe?
Approval of the Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, which is still undergoing phase-3 clinical trials, has raised serious questions.
Premature approval for Covaxin can be dangerous: Shashi Tharoor
Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor criticised the approval for Covaxin and said it was premature and dangerous.
Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication: WHO
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.