The WHO reportedly started shipping Chinese COVID-19 vaccines despite some misgivings. The World Health Organization (WHO) reportedly started shipping Chinese COVID-19 vaccines despite some misgivings. According to a report on Reuters, a WHO document showed that the WHO’s pandemic program planned to ship 100 million doses of the Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines by the … Read more
The WHO said that it wasn’t yet recommending the use of COVID-19 booster doses. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it wasn’t yet recommending the use of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine. During a virtual forum on Wednesday, WHO Coordinator for Essential Medicines and Health Technologies Dr. Socorro Escalante said that further studies were … Read more
The WHO was calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots until “at least the end of September” On Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the World Health Organization was calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots until “at least the end of September”. Tedros said during a news briefing in Geneva … Read more
Delta Variant was not specifically targeting children, according to WHO. On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the Delta COVID-19 variant of the coronavirus is not specifically targeting children. According to WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove, the evidence showed that the Delta variant — a COVID-19 variant first detected in India … Read more
The Theta COVID-19 variant was no longer a “variant of interest”, according to WHO. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the Theta COVID-19 variant — the COVID-19 variant first detected in the Philippines — was no longer a “variant of interest”. The World Health Organization had downgraded the COVID-19 variant of interest first detected … Read more
Lambda COVID-19 variant was not yet a “variant of concern”, according to WHO. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that the Lambda COVID-19 variant was not yet a “variant of concern”. In an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel, WHO representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said that the Lambda variant, feared to … Read more
Many countries were forced to suspend the COVID-19 vaccination program, according to WHO. On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that many countries were forced to suspend the COVID-19 vaccination program because of this reason. According to the World Health Organization, a huge number of poorer countries have had to suspend their COVID-19 vaccination … Read more
Palace welcomed the inclusion of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in WHO Emergency Use Listing Malacañang on Wednesday welcomed the inclusion of the China-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL), saying that this would further boost the public’s confidence about the said vaccine. In an interview with State-run PTV-4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry … Read more
WHO listed Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it had listed the China-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. The World Health Organization said that it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing (EUL), paving the way for the second Chinese … Read more
WHO officially named P.3 COVID-19 variant as “Theta”. The World Health Organization (WHO) had officially named P.3 COVID-19 variant — a variant first detected in the Philippines — as “Theta”. On Tuesday, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) announced that the P.3 COVID-19 variant first detected in the Philippines had been named “Theta” by the World … Read more