After 12 months where the world has faced “a tsunami of suffering”, the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines represents “some light at the end of the tunnel” said the UN chief on Thursday, marking the anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO) issuing its pandemic alert. More
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COVID-19 cases rise for first time in seven weeks: WHO
After six consecutive weeks of decline, COVID-19 cases worldwide increased last week for the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. More
UN Health Agency Panel Issues Key Guidance On Second COVID Vaccine Doses
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart.
In exceptional circumstances this period could be extended to 42 days, said WHO’s advisory group of experts on immunisation, SAGE, amid supply shortages affecting many countries.
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Secretary-General’s Video Message on the Two Millionth Death From the COVID-19 Pandemic
With more than two million lives now lost worldwide to COVID-19, the UN Secretary-General appealed on Friday for countries to work together and help each other to end the pandemic and save lives. The Secretary-General António Guterres noted that the absence of a global coordinated effort has worsened the pandemic’s deadly impact. More.
The virus that shut down the world: 2020, a year like no other
COVID-19 is everywhere, literally, and during 2020 its spread and resulting impact has led to a global crisis of unprecedented reach and proportion. In a six-part series closing out this tumultuous year, UN News looks at the impact on people in every part of the world and some of the solutions that the United Nations has proposed to deal with the fall-out of the pandemic. In this first feature, we lay out some of the key events of the past 12 months. More
Our Future Is Ours To Decide!
How can we recover our world after COVID-19? Will we return to the same ways or will we decide together that something better is possible? Decide #ItsPossible
COVID-19: UN Relief Chief Urges G20 To Step Up To Avert ‘cascading crises’ in Fragile Countries
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty in three decades, pushing 265 million people to the point of starvation by the end of the year, the UN’s top humanitarian official warned on Friday.
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World Off Track In Meeting 2030 Agenda, UN Deputy Chief Warns, Calls For Solidarity In COVID-19 Recovery
The world was off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, but can get back on course by increasing investment in public services, showing solidarity on financing, and “reshaping” how people work, learn, live and consume. More
Country-driven Approach Needed To Limit COVID-19 Damage To Food Security
A ‘business as usual’ approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching a new plan to move past the coronavirus pandemic. More
A Taxing Problem
How to ensure the poor and vulnerable don’t shoulder the cost of the COVID-19 crisis
In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, tax systems should be reformed, and tax avoidance and evasion reduced, to ensure an economic recovery in which everyone pays their share, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). More