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Vaccinations have saved more than 1.6 million lives in the WHO European Region and Covid-19 is lurking around the world menacingly with its new variants, according to the global health agency.
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Covid-19 vaccines saved 1.6 million lives in Europe, most in Omicron wave

Vaccinations have saved more than 1.6 million lives in the WHO European Region and Covid-19 is lurking around the world menacingly with its.

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The WHO’s event-based surveillance system has reported that at least 40 athletes participating in the Olympic Games in France had tested positive for Covid-19 or other respiratory illnesses.
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WHO: 40 athletes participating in Olympic Games test Covid-19 positive

The WHO’s event-based surveillance system has reported that at least 40 athletes participating in the Olympic Games in France had tested positive for.

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The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in six backyard species in the southeastern US state of Virginia with unique viral mutations with lineages closely matching variants circulating in humans, according to a study.
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Backyard species in US gets Covid-19 through human-to-animal spread

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in six backyard species in the southeastern US state of Virginia with unique viral mutations with lineages closely.

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Argentina’s Sinergium Biotech will share its technology and expertise to manufacture bird flu vaccine with partners in low and middle-income countries in case of a pandemic, bolstering preparedness efforts, according to the WHO.
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Sinergium to share H5N1 vaccine technology with low-income nations

Argentina’s Sinergium Biotech will share its technology and expertise to manufacture bird flu vaccine with partners in low and middle-income countries in case.

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The European Medicines Agency has allowed marketing authorisation for the Covid-19 variant vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech SE for children aged six months and older, according to a joint statement.
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Pfizer, BioNTech gets EMA marketing nod for variant Covid-19 vaccine

The European Medicines Agency has allowed marketing authorisation for the Covid-19 variant vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech SE for children aged six.

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Negotiations at reaching a global accord to help fight pandemics better will conclude by 2025 or “earlier if possible at a special session of the World Health Assembly in 2024,” according to the World Health Organization.
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Global pandemic accord may see the light of day in 2025, ‘or earlier’: WHO

Negotiations at reaching a global accord to help fight pandemics better will conclude by 2025 or “earlier if possible at a special session.

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Pfizer Inc., announced a $1.5 billion “multi-year” savings plan to cut costs of goods sold, on top of a similar $4 billion initiative unveiled in October last year, when sales of its Covid-19 vaccine plummeted.
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Pfizer Inc. unveils a new $1.5 billion plan to cut costs as vaccine sales fall

Pfizer Inc., announced a $1.5 billion “multi-year” savings plan to cut costs of goods sold, on top of a similar $4 billion initiative.

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Remember that Covid-19 is still with us, continuously evolving and forming new lineages and we still need to stay ahead of it. Maintaining a cautious vigilance rather than undue panic is the need of the day.
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Neomycin may treat viral respiratory infections, says study

HQ Team April 27, 2024: Viral infections are commonly treated with antivirals. The recent Covid-19 pandemic saw the SARS CoV-2 virus being treated.

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The WHO, health experts and agencies have agreed on the terminology used to describe the spread of a disease through the air after “airborne” and “aerosol transmission” contributed to misleading information during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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‘Through the air’ is the new terminology for pathogen spread: UN agency

HQ Team April 19, 2024: The WHO, health experts and agencies have agreed on the terminology used to describe the spread of a.

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Humans transmit more viruses in domestic and wild animals than the other way around, scientists found after analyzing 12 million viral genomes from public databases.
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People spread more virus to animals, not the other way around: Scientists

HQ Team March 27, 2024: Humans transmit more viruses in domestic and wild animals than the other way around, scientists found after analyzing.

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