Top news of the week: 21.06.2022.
WHO Director-General's remarks at G20 Health Ministers Meeting – 20 June 2022
It includes 10 key recommendations for stronger governance, stronger systems and tools, stronger financing and a stronger WHO at the centre of the global health security …
Comorbidities and covid-19
Better understanding is essential for health system planning Over 530 million people worldwide are estimated to have had covid-19 by June 2022, resulting in more than 6.3 million deaths.1 ...
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children
CDC provides credible COVID-19 health information to the U.S.
Covid-19: Omicron sub variants driving new wave of infections in UK
The UK now appears to be at the start of a new wave of covid infections driven by the rise of two omicron subvariants—BA.4 and BA.5. Cases and hospital admissions with covid are now rising ...
Covid-19: Long covid risk is lower with omicron than delta, researchers find
The risk of developing long covid is lower among people with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 than with delta, shows an analysis of self reported data to the UK ZOE covid ...
Covid-19: Omicron infection is poor booster to immunity, study finds
People infected with the omicron variant show poor immunity boosting against future covid-19 infection, researchers have found.1 This may explain why breakthrough and repeat infections ...
Covid-19: CDC and FDA approve Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for under 5s
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have approved both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna covid-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 5 ...
FIND, Unitaid and partners from the access to COVID-19 tools (ACT) Accelerator diagnostics pillar call on the G20 and G7 to prioritize diagnostics in its pandemic preparedness and response plans
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that access to timely, accurate diagnostics is fundamental to effective healthcare. The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator is a unique but ...