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- World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the . . .
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and
- The changing face of pandemic risk: how we need to adapt, protect and . . .
As new diseases emerge and old ones resurge, pandemic preparedness has become a critical concern for global health The new Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) report – The changing face of pandemic risk: Adapt – Protect – Connect – outlines essential strategies to build resilience against future outbreaks by adapting to changing risks, protecting communities and strengthening
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global outbreak of coronavirus – an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries across the world This led WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Even though vaccines protect against severe disease and death, it is still possible to spread SARS-CoV-2 to others after being vaccinated WHO response The World Health Organization is the global coordinating agency for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus - World Health Organization (WHO)
The WHO global framework to define and guide studies into the origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential,
- Pandemics - World Health Organization (WHO)
A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity Viruses that have caused past pandemics typically originated from animal influenza viruses
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus
- The true death toll of COVID-19
Estimates suggest the total number of global deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is at least 3 million, representing 1 2 million more deaths than officially reported
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