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Be ready for new variants as Covid cases rise, warns WHO chief

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the world must be ready for new variants of the coronavirus as Covid-19 infections rise. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the statement at a press conference amid the onset of new variants that are more transmissible, immune evasive and growing concerns about greater hospitalisations of Covid patients.

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We need China’s cooperation to understand covid: Swaminathan

NEW DELHI : Cooperation from China, including access to sites, data, blood samples, and animal farms in the country, is required to determine the origin of the covid-19 virus, according to former World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan. The virus is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China. In an interview, Swaminathan stated that while the covid-19 pandemic will no longer be considered an emergency, it will continue to have recurrent surges whenever a new strain emerges.

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Covid-19 will mutate to overcome vaccine immunity, warns former WHO chief scientist

WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, in an interview with news agency ANI, has said, “There is a risk that the virus will mutate in a way that it can overcome the vaccine induced immunity. " Swaminathan has suggested that continued surveillance should be done to avoid another wave that could potentially kill millions of people like the Covid-19 did during the second wave that was dominated by the Delta variant of the virus. Earlier in February, the WHO has estimated that 90 percent of the world population now had some resistance to Covid-19, but warned that a troubling new variant could still emerge.

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Decline in testing hinders efforts to keep lid on covid

NEW DELHI : Covid-19 surveillance, including testing and sequencing, has declined significantly, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan warned, as India reported a surge in cases. The slide in surveillance, she said, is making it increasingly difficult to assess the impact of variants on transmission, disease characteristics and the effectiveness of counter-measures. She also noted that diagnostics, treatments and vaccines are not being deployed effectively, although the pandemic is not over yet.

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BA.5 Covid variant 4 times more vaccine-resistant, reveals study

coronavirus vaccines. In a recent report, the Mayo Clinic said that the strain is "hypercontagious" and is contributing to increases in hospitalisations and ICU admissions.

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Be prepared for new COVID wave: WHO chief scientist warns amid concerning rise in deaths

Soumya Swaminathan said on Twitter while sharing a thread by Philip Schellekens, Senior Advisor at World Bank Group. Global development & COVID-19. Explaining the wrath that new Omicron variants can cause, Schellekens said, “We're seeing a global U-turn in COVID-19 mortality.

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New covid sub-variant detected in India monitored by WHO: 10 points

WHO said that the BA.2.75 covid sub-variant reported from India and some other countries ‘seems to have a few mutations on the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein' A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which has been detected in India and some other countries, are being closely tracked by the World Health Organisation, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The WHO said that new covid cases reported across the world has seen a spike over the past two weeks.

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Covid waves are unpredictable because…: WHO chief scientist on what is still worrying about coronavirus

Three years into the pandemic but we still do not understand the coronavirus completely, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan stressed adding that “we still don’t understand why and how the waves of this virus are coming through different populations with different periodicity in different countries." Another risk that is still unknown is its effect in the longer term, ie long Covid, she also pointed out.

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Pandemic is not over but can be ended: WHO lists 6 strategic moves to defeat COVID

World Health Organisation (WHO) officials recently listed a few strategic moves to end the pandemic. “We need strategic testing, intelligent sequencing, the right policies" to understand and track the variants, the official said and further asserted that “It is certainly not the time to abandon the science".

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'Need to know how coronavirus is changing': WHO explains best way to identify new COVID variants

World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed out. “You need to know where the virus is. You need to know how the virus is changing so that the interventions can be adapted and tailored to where they are needed most," WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said. This comes at a time when WHO officials have notified that testing rates have fallen sharply across the globe.

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Do children need COVID booster shots? WHO chief scientist answers

Soumya Swaminathan said that there is no evidence at all that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses against COVID-19. Regarding Omicron, she pointed out there is no need to create a new vaccine for each new variant.

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COVID-19: WHO top scientist says no evidence yet that healthy kids, adolescents need boosters

World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday there’s currently no evidence that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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WHO chief scientist urges people not to panic over Omicron

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist has urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, adding it was too early to say if Covid-19 vaccines would have to be modified to fight it.

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Time to invest in pan coronavirus vaccine: WHO chief scientist Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan said that this is the time to invest in a pan-coronavirus vaccine. Sharing an article of sciencemag.org which talks about vaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic, Swaminathan tweeted: “This is the time to invest in a pan coronavirus vaccine, but this will need global collaboration - on the science & the plans for equitable access. Researchers, companies, govt & multilateral agencies have a role to play."

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Delta variant of Covid surging in areas with low vaccination coverage, WHO warns

Delta variant in areas where the vaccination coverage is low, reported Reuters, quoting World Health Organization (WHO) officials.

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WHO advises against Covid booster orders while other nations still need vaccines

COVID-19 vaccine supply is hugely uneven and inequitable. Some countries and regions are actually ordering millions of booster doses, before other countries have had supplies to vaccinate their health workers and most vulnerable," said Tedros.

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Is a booster covid vaccine shot needed? What WHO chief scientist said

virus variants, health authorities say it’s too early to tell if they will be required.

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Don’t count on needing a Covid booster shot, WHO scientist says

Covid booster shots targeting more-infectious virus variants, health authorities say it’s too early to tell if they will be required.

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WHO strongly supports TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines: Chief Scientist

World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday (local time) said that the global health body strongly believes that Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should be done.In an exclusive interview with ANI, Swaminathan said: "WHO strongly believes that the TRIPS waiver that has been proposed by India and South Africa should be done. DG Tedros has often spoken about this.

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WHO classifies Covid mutation in India as 'variant of concern'

AFP."We classify it as a variant of concern at a global level," Kerkhove told a briefing.The epidemiologist also said that WHO will issue more information on Tuesday on the covid variant first identified in India.

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India reports nearly 370,000 further Covid cases

India, suffering from one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the world, reported nearly 370,000 fresh infections and more than 3,700 new deaths today.

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All the countries that have suspended the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

direct to your inboxThese are all the countries that have temporarily paused the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as the World Health Organisation urges nations to continue using the jab.Global medical leaders are meeting today to discuss reports of blood clots which has led to the temporary pause in vaccinations in some countries.WHO’s global advisory committee on vaccine safety will hold a meeting on Tuesday, while the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will also meet, with a view to publishing further guidance on Thursday.Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO’s chief scientist, told a media briefing “we do not want people to panic”, as she said no association has been found so far between blood clots and Covid-19 vaccines.She said the rates at

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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries not to panic after several nations halt AstraZeneca vaccine

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday urged countries not to “panic” as several nations halted the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine amid concerns over possible serious side-effects.

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World health experts to meet to review AstraZeneca vaccine after safety concerns

direct to your inbox The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging countries to continue using the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as global medical leaders meet to discuss reports of blood clots.

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WHO experts to meet over AztraZeneca vaccine concerns

World Health Organization safety experts are due to meet over the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood clot fears.

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India exhibited capacity to innovate, manufacture Covid vaccines: WHO official

Covid-19 vaccine, chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan said."India has shown the capacity to be a manufacturer at the global scale and also be an innovator when it came to vaccine development. There is a huge amount of scope to study the impact of vaccines, which needs to be thought-through by a very coordinated approach," she said while speaking at the Global Bio-India 2021.As many as 30 vaccines are at different stages of development in India.

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First shipment of Covid vaccines from India under COVAX likely this week: WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

Hyderabad: The first shipment from India under COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, is likely to roll out this week, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday. "Not in the next couple of months.

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WHO chief scientist confirms reports of reinfection from coronavirus variants

During a briefing on Friday, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr.

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COVID-19 herd immunity won't happen in 2021: WHO

The World Health Organization said Monday that even with the widespread rollout of vaccination programs, herd immunity will not be achieved in2021. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the health body's chief scientist, spoke at a press conference and urged people to continue strict social distancing measures for the rest of the year because it will take a while to build up that immunity.

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WHO: COVID-19 herd immunity won't happen in 2021, even with vaccines

GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year.At a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries and their populations maintain strict social distancing and other outbreak control measures for the foreseeable future.

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COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines, WHO scientist says

GENEVA – The World Health Organization’s chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programs to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year.At a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said it was critical countries and their populations maintain strict social distancing and other outbreak control measures for the foreseeable future.

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Coronavirus: WHO official says Moderna vaccine results ‘quite encouraging’

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday spoke about the Moderna vaccine, which reported 94.5 per cent effectiveness earlier in the day, and said the news was “quite encouraging,” but cautioned they would still need to see what the final efficacy and safety profile is for the vaccine.

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Coronavirus: World Health Organization looking at middle 2021 as likely roll-out of vaccine

WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan provided an update on the search for a vaccine on Monday saying 45 candidate vaccines are in Phase 3 of their development and they are likely looking at a projected roll-out near the middle of 2021.

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WHO says expects to hear more soon on paused COVID-19 antibody trial

GENEVA : The World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday she expected to hear more "this week or next week" about clinical trials of an Eli Lilly and Co COVID-19 antibody treatment that were paused because of a safety concern.U.S. drug maker Lilly said earlier this month it was pausing the government-sponsored trial, called ACTIV-3, which was testing the treatment on COVID-19 patients who required hospitalization.

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COVID-19 vaccine: WHO in talks with Russia on its second vaccine EpiVacCorona

World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID-19. "We will only be able to have a position on a vaccine when we see results of the phase III clinical trials," WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference in Geneva.Russia registered its second coronavirus vaccine on 14 October.

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A healthy young person might have to wait until 2022 for covid vaccine: WHO

COVID-19 vaccine, with dozens in clinical trials and hopes for initial inoculations this year, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said that speedy, mass shots were unlikely."Most people agree, it's starting with health care workers, and front-line workers, but even there, you need to define which of them are at highest risk, and then the elderly, and so on," Swaminathan said."A healthy young person might have to wait until 2022."Two candidates, from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca's U.S. trial, are paused on safety concerns.

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WHO expects to see Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2020 at earliest

vaccine against the coronavirus disease will be ready for registration by the end of 2020 or early next year at the earliest, Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO chief scientist, said on Monday."As you know, we have about 40 vaccine candidates now in some stage of clinical trials, and 10 of them are in the phase three trials, which are the late-stage clinical trials, which will tell us about both the efficacy and the safety.

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WHO scientist warns 'normal pre-coronavirus life' may not return until 2022

coronavirus pandemic until 2022, the World Health Organisation's chief science officer has warned.Dr Soumya Swaminathan, speaking at a virtual meeting hosted by the United Nations Foundation in Geneva, said on Tuesday that measures such as social distancing and wearing face masks may have to remain in place long-term.This will be needed until between 60% and 70% of the population have been vaccinated, Dr Swaminathan added.The WHO chief science officer added that she doesn't think the coronavirus will become a seasonal virus as time goes on, but instead we could expect to see "ups and downs" in cases and transmission.She said: "I think it's safe to say that it could be 2022 when we will start thinking about going back to pre-Covid normal

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Coronavirus: WHO scientist calls AstraZeneca vaccine trial a ‘wake-up call’

World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan responded to news Thursday that a patient taking part in the AstraZeneca vaccine trial had developed transverse myelitis, calling it a “wake-up call” about the issues that can arise in a clinical trial.

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Coronavirus: WHO warns not to focus on individual vaccine candidates before trials are completed

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WHO says vaccine safety top priority, as AstraZeneca halts Covid vaccine trials

vaccine for Covid-19 comes "first and foremost", the World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Wednesday, after trials of one of the vaccine candidates developed by AstraZeneca was paused, at least temporarily, due to concerns over side effects on a patient."Just because we talk about speed...it doesn't mean we start compromising or cutting corners on what would normally be assessed," Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said on a social media event.

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Covid-19 vaccination to realistically begin in mid-2021: WHO

NEW DELHI : While clinical trial results of the first successful covid-19 vaccines are expected as early as the end of this year, vaccination of public will, realistically, only begin in the middle of 2021 after mass manufacturing of doses starts, World Health Organization Chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Friday.“We expect results from some of the candidates which are already in phase 3 trials to come by the end of the year or by beginning of next year, following which there will be scaling of manufacturing to produce the hundreds of millions of doses that are going to be needed... Realistically speaking, probably the middle of 2021...

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Emergency authorisation of Covid-19 vaccines needs great care: WHO

World Health Organization said on Monday after the United States announced it was considering fast-tracking candidate drugs.Although every country had the right to approve drugs without completing full trials, "it is not something that you do very lightly", WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference.The head of the U.S.

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Moving ‘too quickly’ on coronavirus vaccine comes with risks: WHO

COVID-19 vaccines requires a “great deal of seriousness and reflection,” the World Health Organization said on Monday after the United States announced it was considering fast-tracking candidate drugs.Although every country had the right to approve drugs without completing full trials, “it is not something that you do very lightly,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a news conference. Canada secures 2 new deals for possible COVID-19 vaccines The head of the U.S.

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WHO cautious on covid plasma therapy as US issues emergency authorization

ZURICH/GENEVA : The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about endorsing the use of recovered COVID-19 patients' plasma to treat people who are ill, saying evidence it works remains "low quality" even as the United States issued emergency authorization for such therapies."There are a number of clinical trials going on around the world looking at convalescent plasma compared to the standard of care," Soumya Swaminathan, WHO chief scientist, said."Only a few of them have actually reported interim results...and at the moment, it's still very low-quality evidence," she told a news conference. Click here to read the Mint ePaperLivemint.com is now on Telegram.

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Covid-19 shaping up to be battle for years even with vaccine

vaccine will provide some measure of protection to societies around the globe, the virus is likely to flare up from time to time and be constantly battled, much like the flu and other pathogens.“We know this virus is not going away any time soon. It’s established itself and is going to keep on transmitting wherever it’s able to do so," Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist for the World Health Organization, at the “How Covid-19 Is Reshaping the Global Healthcare Ecosystem" event hosted by Bloomberg Prognosis.

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Covid-19 testing rate in India lower than other nations: WHO chief scientist

HYDERABAD : Noting that lockdown was a temporary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, a senior official of the World Health Organisation on Tuesday said India has a low testing rate when compared to some of the countries that are successfully trying to curb it. The Chief Scientist of WHO, Soumya Swaminathan, in an interactive session through video conference said,as of now about 28 vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are under clinical trial, of which five are entering Phase-II and over 150 candidates are in pre-clinical trials across the globe."India as a whole, the testing rates are much lower compared to some of the countries, who have done well like Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan.

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Create army of Covid-19 contact tracers: WHO offical to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Ahmedabad: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday suggested that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) create an "army of contact tracers" to identify people who have come in contact with COVID-19 patients and contain the viral spread.In a virtual meeting with senior AMC officials, chief scientist of the WHO Dr Soumya Swaminathan stressed on the need to create a big army of contact tracers consisting of students and graduates, and training them as it had been done in United Kingdom and Germany.According to a release issued here, the briefing, which revolved around showcasing "Ahmedabad Model" of fighting coronavirus, was attended by Ahmedabad municipal commissioner Mukesh Kumar and officer on special duty Rajiv Kumar Gupta.Dr

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0