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No entry: Trouble ahead in China for the WHO's COVID-19 origins hunt

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 28 01:22 PM

The UN mandated body has laid out 5 areas of interest and one of them looks set to thwart hopes for the cooperation needed to track down how this pathogen passed into people.   Read more »

China’s COVID-19 origins snub shows limits to WHO power

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 23 01:22 PM

China’s rebuff of the World Health Organization’s planned second phase investigation into the origins of Covid-19 highlights the difficulty it faces in operating amid political pressure from its most powerful members.   Read more »

PH embassy sa Indonesia umapelang payagang makauwi ang mga OFW

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 08:59 PM

Umapela sa pamahalaan ang embahada ng Pilipinas sa Indonesia na payagan nang makauwi ang OFWs doon. Read more »

China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 01:48 PM

China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said. Read more »

WHO boss says vaccine IP waiver not a property 'snatch'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 12:35 PM

The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought to reassure pharmaceutical companies that a proposal to suspend patent rights on Covid-19 vaccines was not a bid to "snatch" their intellectual property rights.   Read more »

WHO official laments 'major imbalance' of vaccine distribution

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 10:17 AM

There is still a "major imbalance" in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines globally, an official from the World Health Organization said Thursday. Read more »

'World failing' on COVID, WHO chief says at delayed Tokyo Olympics

Talek Harris, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 21 05:18 PM

The head of the World Health Organization told Olympic chiefs "the world is failing" to stop Covid-19 as the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 sports program got underway on Wednesday. Read more »

Dagdag na 2 milyong AstraZeneca vaccines mula COVAX, dumating na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 07:29 PM

Dumating na sa bansa ang higit 2 milyong AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines mula sa vaccine sharing facility na COVAX.    Read more »

World passes 4 million COVID deaths as Asia battles fresh outbreaks

Robin Millard with AFP bureaus
Posted at Jul 08 08:25 AM

GENEVA, Switzerland - More than four million people have now died from Covid-19, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as many rich nations prepare to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections. Read more »

WHO urges countries ‘not to lose gains’ by prematurely lifting COVID-19 measures

Reuters
Posted at Jul 08 02:30 AM

Individuals including the unvaccinated must take responsibility to protect themselves and others, says WHO emergencies head Michael Ryan.  Read more »

DOH umaming 'nagkamali' sa pagsabing 'low risk' na ang Pinas sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 08:59 PM

Aminado ang DOH na nagkamali ito sa paraan ng pagsabi na 'low risk' na ang Pilipinas sa COVID-19. Read more »

COVID-19: Scientists say anew there’s no evidence for lab leak theory

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 07 12:42 PM

In a letter published in The Lancet medical journal, 2 dozen prominent international scientists backed a recent call from G7 nations for further inquiry into the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19, and urged the World Health Organization to “expeditiously” continue a study with experts in China and the Chinese government.   Read more »

WHO tells health officials to be cautious in saying PH is now 'low risk' for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 11:55 PM

The World Health Organization cautioned the Philippine health department against claiming that the country is now a low-risk area for COVID-19. Read more »

WHO sa DOH: Hinay-hinay sa pagdeklarang 'low risk' na sa COVID-19 ang Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 08:13 PM

Giit ng WHO, may implikasyon ang mga ganitong mensaheng ipinararating ng DOH.  Read more »

WHO recommends shorter quarantine for fully-vaccinated persons: representative

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 10:54 AM

The World Health Organization recommends a shorter quarantine period for fully-vaccinated persons, its representative to the Philippines said Tuesday. Read more »

WHO asks DOH: Be 'more cautious' after claim Philippines is 'low risk' for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 10:22 AM

The representative of World Health Organization to the country on Tuesday said the Department of Health should be "more cautious" after it proclaimed the Philippines is now a low risk area for COVID-19. Read more »

Nations need to vaccinate 85 percent of population vs COVID-19: WHO

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 09:50 AM

Countries need to vaccinate some 85 percent of their population against COVID-19 following the emergence of more transmissible variants, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Read more »

WHO pinabibilisan ang pagbabakuna sa seniors dahil sa banta ng Delta variant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 06:42 PM

Idiniin ng World Health Organization na mahalagang pabilisin ng Pilipinas ang pagbabakuna ng senior citizens. Read more »

WHO urges PH to prioritize elderly in COVID-19 vaccine drive amid Delta variant threat

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 04:22 PM

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged the Philippines to accelerate its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, most especially to senior citizens, before the more transmissible Delta variant becomes dominant in the country. Read more »

Countries that allow transgender people easy status change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 03:39 AM

A roundup of the situation worldwide on the status of transgender people, who identify as a different gender to the one they were given at birth. Read more »