Friday, March 29, 2024

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.