Top news of the week: 15.09.2020.
Vaccination, United Kingdom, World Health Organization, United States, Europe, Pandemic
Coronavirus
RT @natashaloder: My piece on the @WHO and reform in a time of covid.
I spoke with @DrTedros.
During our interview he also told me that he tried to convince the United States to stay.
Read the story for a new clue about why it didn’t. https://t.co/AyUQcrxwFL
OpenCovid-19 and beyond The world needs a better World Health Organisation
The WHO has done well against covid-19. But it needs more muscle and more money
RT @DrTedros: Nearly 5,000 lives are lost each day due to #COVID19 and the global economy is expected to contract by trillions of dollars this year. The case for investing to end the pandemic has never been stronger.
https://t.co/jzGJ8K5ibi
OpenCoronavirus Global Response: Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator Facilitation Council holds inaugural meeting
Today Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, and Dr Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, co-hosted the inaugural meeting of the Access to COVID-19 Tools ...
RT @WHO_Europe: 👩⚕️👨⚕️ How can the public health workforce be strengthened in countries of the European Region?
Join the webinar to find out more.
📅🕥 Friday 11 September, 10:30-12:30 CEST
Register via 👉 https://t.co/UV91B4vG3a https://t.co/DCAs1EASSC
OpenREGISTRATION FORM
An interactive webinar on: The WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce: a tool for strengthening health systems in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. ...
The U.K. placed new limits on social gatherings, becoming the latest country in Europe to reimpose restrictions on daily life to stem the spread of Covid-19 https://t.co/6jWegis4Ew
OpenU.K. Imposes New Covid-19 Restrictions as Europe’s Infections Rise
The U.K. placed new limits on social gatherings to stem the spread of coronavirus, becoming the latest country in Europe to reimpose restrictions on daily life amid a surge in cases there.
The Oxford University AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial has been paused – should we be worried? https://t.co/yHAayUTc7n
OpenThe Oxford University AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial has been paused – should we be worried?
Is this the end for hopes of an early breakthrough in the race to find a coronavirus drug?
"This incident shows trials conducted in the UK are monitored carefully & precautions are taken to protect participants."
Stephen Evans comments on the pausing of the #OxfordVaccine trial after an unexplained illness in a volunteer.
@Reuters ⬇️ https://t.co/XmzKGA1m9S #COVID19
OpenFactbox: Scientists, drugmakers and traders react to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine trial pause
AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker's shares as the move was seen as ...
RT @HealthNewsFL: In this @KHNews report, a nurse at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte says she actually felt safer working #COVID19 unit — where she knew what she was dealing with and had full PPE — than on a general medical floor. https://t.co/tE9jGydpyh
OpenSome Hospitals Fail To Separate COVID-19 Patients, Putting Others At Risk
Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., were on edge as early as March, when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the
"By all means necessary, I think we have to go ahead with the Games.” Japan’s Olympics minister says the coronavirus won’t stop the Summer Games in Tokyo next year. https://t.co/gaDwJH13wv
OpenTokyo Olympics Can Coexist With Covid-19, Organizers Say
Japan’s Olympics minister said the country was determined to go ahead with the Summer Games next year despite some skepticism about whether athletes from around the world can safely ...