Saturday, July 5, 2025
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Ecobuild.club
  • Home
  • Sustainability
  • Insulation
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Eco Build
  • Green Energy
  • Natural Global Resources
  • Videos
No Result
View All Result
Ecobuild.club
Home Sustainability

Get COVID-19 vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations underway within 100 days worldwide, Tedros urges |

12th January 2021
in Sustainability
0
Get COVID-19 vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations underway within 100 days worldwide, Tedros urges |
0
SHARES
59
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Related posts

Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

3rd July 2025

Media Advisory | FFD4 Closing Press Conference

3rd July 2025

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) was briefing journalists in Geneva, a year on from the first ever recorded COVID-19 death. Today, there are more than 1.93 million dead, and nearly 90 million confirmed cases.

Limiting #COVID19 transmission limits the chance of dangerous new variants from developing. We need to:
-Keep physical distance as much as possible
-Keep rooms well-ventilated
–#WearAMask
-Keep our hands clean
-Cough away from others into your elbow pic.twitter.com/PLZn1RKZ6B

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) January 11, 2021

“Governments, manufacturers, civil society, religious and community leaders, must come together to create the greatest mass mobilization in history for equitable vaccination”, said Tedros, noting that he was pleased a WHO team was in China to assess the compliance of Sinovac and Sinopharm – ahead of potential emergency use listing.

This is separate from another “WHO origins” mission team, whose access to Wuhan to study how the pandemic began, was delayed last week. That international team – “distinguished experts from 10 institutions and countries” – has begun its trip, in collaboration with colleagues in China, said Tedros.

“Studies will begin in Wuhan to identify the potential source of infection of the early cases. Scientific evidence will drive hypotheses, which will then be the basis for further, longer-term studies”, he added.

New variants

He said yet another new variant or mutation of the virus, had emerged in Japan over the weekend, while transmissibility “appears to be increasing”. Although the increased infectiousness can drive more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, “at present, the variants do no seem to show increased severity of disease”, he added, offering some reassurance.

“With new treatments coming down the pipeline, we are hopeful that more lives of those with serious cases of COVID-19 can be saved. But we need to follow the public health basics, now more than ever.”

Sequencing crucial

Most critical, said Tedros, is to effectively sequence the DNA and composition of the virus, “so we know how it’s changing and how to respond”. There may be a need to “tweak” both diagnostics and vaccines in order to keep pace with the mutations, he said.

“We call on all countries to increase the sequencing of the virus, to supplement ongoing surveillance, monitoring and test efforts”, he added, looking ahead to a key meeting on Tuesday of WHO’s R&D Blueprint group, which convenes scientists from around the world “to set global research priorities for the year ahed, including on virus variants and sequencing.”


Source link

Previous Post

UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile |

Next Post

Which Countries Are Using Renewable Energy?

Next Post
Which Countries Are Using Renewable Energy?

Which Countries Are Using Renewable Energy?

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Media Advisory | FFD4 Closing Press Conference

2 days ago

Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports

4 days ago

Co-creating a Livable, Low-Carbon Future in Caferağa

3 days ago

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

6 days ago

POPULAR NEWS

  • 7 Most Sustainable Guitar Woods & The Brands Using Them

    7 Most Sustainable Guitar Woods & The Brands Using Them

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Ethiopia invests big in land restoration

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Environment Friendly Energy School Model | Projects for Science Exhibition | MrTopper

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • COVID in Europe: China’s surge not a cause for concern ‘at this time’ says WHO, as XBB.1.5 virus spreads

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 5 Eco-Friendly Practices To Help Protect and Conserve Baguio City’s Environment

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Ecobuild.club

ecobuild.club is an online news portal which aims to provide knowledge about Sustainability, Insulation, Energy Efficiency, Eco Build, Green Energy & Natural Global Resources.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • How South African Cities Are Building Water Resilence
  • Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts
  • Media Advisory | FFD4 Closing Press Conference

Category

  • Eco Build
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Green Energy
  • Insulation
  • Natural Global Resources
  • Sustainability
  • Videos

Subscribe to get more!

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2018 EcoBuild.club - All about Eco Friendly Environment !

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Sustainability
  • Insulation
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Eco Build
  • Green Energy
  • Natural Global Resources
  • Videos

© 2018 EcoBuild.club - All about Eco Friendly Environment !