World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said there is no evidence currently available to support giving COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for children or adolescents. “There’s no evidence right now that healthy children, or healthy adolescents, need boosters. No evidence at all,” she said at a WHO media briefing on Tuesday. Swaminathan, an Indian…
‘No Evidence Right Now’ Children Need COVID-19 Boosters: Top WHO Scientist
‘No Evidence Right Now’ Healthy Children Need COVID-19 Boosters: Top WHO Scientist
World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said there is no evidence currently available to support giving COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for healthy children or adolescents. “There’s no evidence right now that healthy children, or healthy adolescents, need boosters. No evidence at all,” she said at a WHO media briefing on Tuesday. Swaminathan, an…
More Studies Suggest Omicron Causes Milder Symptoms, Says Top WHO Official
A top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday that evidence is growing that shows the Omicron variant of the CCP virus is less severe compared to previous variants due to the disease affecting the upper respiratory tract. “We are seeing more and more studies pointing out that Omicron is infecting the upper part…
Acute Phase of Pandemic Could End in 2022: WHO
GENEVA—The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end next year but the coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization’s Mike Ryan said on Wednesday. Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, also said it was too early to draw conclusions on the severity of the Omicron variant until it had spread more widely to…
WHO: Global COVID Cases up 11 Percent Last Week, Omicron Risk High
BERLIN—The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11 percent last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas. The gain followed a gradual increase since October. The U.N. health agency said in its weekly epidemiological report released late Tuesday that there were nearly…
WHO: COVID-19 Cases Spiked 11 Percent Worldwide in Past Week
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that COVID-19 cases increased worldwide by about 11 percent from the previous week, likely driven by the Omicron variant. In a weekly epidemiological report released by the WHO, CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases increased by 39 percent in the Americas, with more than 1.4 million new cases between…
WHO’s Third Attempt to Investigate Virus Origin Just as Flawed as Their First Two | Truth Over News
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) newly formed Scientific Advisory Group looking into the origins of the pandemic recently held its first meeting. The group represents the WHO’s third attempt to investigate the origins of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. The WHO’s previous finding that the virus had a natural origin…
‘No Country Can Boost Its Way Out’: WHO Warns Booster Plans Could ‘Prolong’ COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) again took aim at wealthier countries’ COVID-19 booster programs and accused them of prolonging the COVID-19 pandemic. “Blanket booster programs are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread…
WHO Experts Recommend Third Dose of Novavax COVID Vaccine for People With Health Issues
December 22, 2021
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Novavax said on Tuesday the World Health Organization’s (WHO) panel of experts had recommended a third dose of its vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, for immunocompromised persons. The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, known as SAGE, issued a series of recommendations, including the use of the vaccine in persons with comorbidities, breastfeeding women, and those…
Omicron Infections Doubling In 1.5 to 3 Days in Regions With Community Spread: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that regions with community spread of Omicron were seeing cases doubling at a rate of once every 1.5 to 3 days, a higher pace than previous variants. In a technical brief issued on Dec. 17, the health agency said that Omicron has been detected in 89 countries so…
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