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Many countries, like Brazil, are still hoping to reach large numbers of unvaccinated people. — courtesy UNICEF/PAHO/Karina Zambrana
COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as Delta variant rips around the world shows ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO
GENEVA — The COVID-19 Delta variant is traveling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a new spike in cases and deaths, but it’s exposing a ‘hugely uneven and inequitable’ global gap in vaccine supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.“We’re in the midst of a growing two-track pandemic where the haves and have-nots within and between countries are increasingly divergent,” underscored Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus.He explained that although the Delta variant was spreading quickly in places with high vaccination coverage, in countries with low vaccination coverage, the situation is particularly bad.“Delta and other highly transmissible variants are driving catastrophic waves of cases, which are translating into high numbers of...
July 12, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as Delta variant rips around the world shows ‘disappointing inequality’: WHO

While potential benefits of human genome editing include a faster and more accurate diagnosis, it must be used as a safe and ethical tool for public health. — courtesy CDC
UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all
GENEVA — Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome editing, to be used as a safe, effective and ethical public health tool to benefit everyone.“Human genome editing has the potential to advance our ability to treat and cure disease, but the full impact will only be realized if we deploy it for the benefit of all people, instead of fueling more health inequity between and within countries,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO).A representative report The total complement of genes in any organism or cell, is known as its genome.WHO said in a news release that the forward-looking reports are the result of...
July 12, 2021

UN reports ‘leap forward’ in regulating DNA-altering technology to benefit all


A woman sorts French beans that she harvested at a cooperative farm in Taveta, Kenya. — courtesy FAO//Fredrik Lerneryd
Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
GENEVA — Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.New data that represents the first comprehensive global assessment of food insecurity carried out since the coronavirus pandemic began, indicates that the number of people affected by chronic hunger in 2020, rose by more than in the previous five years combined.Reversing this situation will likely take years if not decades, maintained the World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.Food system reform call “The pandemic continues to expose...
July 12, 2021

Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger

Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist and the WHO's Technical Lead for COVID-19, tweeted her frustration at the scenes during Sunday's match. — Courtesy file photo
Lack of attention to COVID-19 at EURO 2020 final 'devastating,' says WHO
GENEVA — The lack of thought for the spread of COVID-19 at the UEFA Euro 2020 final was "devastating", the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist and the WHO's Technical Lead for COVID-19, tweeted her frustration at the scenes during Sunday's match. Around 60,000 English and Italian football supporters gathered in London's Wembley Stadium to watch the game, many not wearing facemasks or observing social distancing. Van Kerkhove has expressed concern that the event will increase the spread of COVID-19, including the more contagious Delta variant. "Am I supposed to be enjoying watching transmission happening in front of my eyes?" she tweeted, describing the scenes as...
July 12, 2021

Lack of attention to COVID-19 at EURO 2020 final 'devastating,' says WHO

British police opened investigations on Monday after three Black players who missed penalties in England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final received torrents of racist abuse online. — Courtesy photo
Online racist abuse of England players sparks indignation
LONDON — British police opened investigations on Monday after three Black players who missed penalties in England's defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final received torrents of racist abuse online. "This abuse is totally unacceptable, it will not be tolerated and it will be investigated," the Metropolitan police said in a statement. The racist comments have sparked indignation throughout the nation. In a statement, the English Football Association (FA) said it was “appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media.” England coach Gareth Southgate called the abuse directed at the players “unforgivable.” “We have been a beacon of light in bringing people together, in people being able to relate to the national team,...
July 12, 2021

Online racist abuse of England players sparks indignation

At least 11 people were killed in a lightning strike at a popular tourist spot in the city of Jaipur, in India's northern state of Rajasthan, on Sunday evening. Lightning hit Amer Fort on the outskirts of the city. — Courtesy photo
At least 11 killed in lightning strike near tourist spot in India
NEW DELHI — At least 11 people were killed in a lightning strike at a popular tourist spot in the city of Jaipur, in India's northern state of Rajasthan, on Sunday evening. Lightning hit Amer Fort on the outskirts of the city, according to Shankar Lal Saini, a senior disaster management official in Jaipur. "There was a tower there. When the lightning struck, the tower's wall collapsed, many people were buried under it. Since the fort is on a hill, when the debris was falling and space reduced, some people also fell into a ditch," Saini said. The incident happened at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday and police and civil defense force officials carried out rescue operations until 7 a.m. on Monday, according to Saini. The 11 bodies recovered included women and children. The...
July 12, 2021

At least 11 killed in lightning strike near tourist spot in India

French President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation in a televised speech on Monday evening as the country fears a new wave of coronavirus fueled by the more contagious Delta variant. — Courtesy file photo
France's Macron to outline plans to curb Delta variant as new infections rise
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is due to address the nation in a televised speech on Monday evening as the country fears a new wave of coronavirus fueled by the more contagious Delta variant. The virus strain, which was first detected in India, now accounts for the majority of new infections in the country, according to health authorities. “We are at the start of something that looks like an epidemic wave," Health Minister Olivier Véran told Radio J on Sunday. While hospitalizations keep decreasing with 947 people in intensive care, new infections are soaring. On Sunday, France reported 4,256 new cases compared to 2,549 just a week ago. New cases could rise "above 20,000 in early August if we don't act," Véran warned.In this context, the head of...
July 12, 2021

France's Macron to outline plans to curb Delta variant as new infections rise

File photo of Belgians taking precautions during the onset of coronavirus. Belgian scientists on Sunday reported that an elderly woman had died from COVID-19 after being infected with the Alpha and Beta variants at the same time.
Woman, 90, dies after being infected with two COVID-19 variants
BRUSSELS — Belgian scientists on Sunday reported that an elderly woman had died from COVID-19 after being infected with the Alpha and Beta variants at the same time."This is one of the first documented cases of co-infection with two variants of concern of SARS-CoV-2," molecular biologist Anne Vankeerberghen, author of the study released by the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), said in an accompanying statement.The 90-year-old woman died in March after being admitted to a hospital in the Belgian town of Aalst following several falls. She was not vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested positive for the disease on arrival but "a good level of oxygen saturation and no signals of respiratory distress."However, she "rapidly...
July 11, 2021

Woman, 90, dies after being infected with two COVID-19 variants

Bulgarians will head to the polls on Sunday for their second general elections in three months with the ruling party expected to lose its grip on government.
Bulgarians head to the polls for the second time in 3 months.
SOFIA — Bulgarians will head to the polls on Sunday for their second general elections in three months with the ruling party expected to lose its grip on government.The snap elections were called after the center-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov failed to form a coalition following the April ballot in which they came first with 26% of the vote. Opposition parties also failed to find common ground to form a government.Borissov subsequently resigned and the eastern European Union member state has since been helmed by a caretaker government led by Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, a former army general.Support for GERB is expected to drop several percentage points compared to April with the party currently polling a very close second to the anti-establishment partyThere...
July 11, 2021

Bulgarians head to the polls for the second time in 3 months.

A videograb of a nurse treating a COVID-19 patient in Lisbon.
EU has received enough COVID-19 jabs to fully vaccinate 70% of adults: Von der Leyen
BRUSSELS — The European Union has received enough vaccine doses to fully inoculate 70% of its adult population, Ursula von der Leyen announced on Saturday.The Commission chief said in a statement that some 500 million doses would have been distributed to the 27 member states by Sunday, putting them "in a position to vaccinate fully at least 70% of EU adults still this month.""Our joint approach is a success. We will come out of this crisis together," von der Leyen added.She warned however that "COVID-19 is not yet defeated" and that the EU stands ready to deliver more vaccines, including "against new variants.""Now, member states must do everything, to increase vaccinations. Only then will we be safe," she said.According to the European...
July 10, 2021

EU has received enough COVID-19 jabs to fully vaccinate 70% of adults: Von der Leyen

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