Tag: Covid-19

The Eris variant, also known as EG.5.1, has emerged as a major concern in the United Kingdom as it now constitutes one in seven new COVID-19 cases, making up 14.6% of the total infections in the country. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recently reported that the variant is the second most prevalent in the UK, having gained momentum within a short period.

In a bid to protect people everywhere from infection disease threats, through the power of pathogen genomics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a new global network named International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN).

The World Health organisation in its latest World Health Statistics reported over 759 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and nearly 6.9 million reported COVID-19 deaths globally up to March 11, 2023. However, the true toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly higher as it has indirectly affected mortality through mechanisms such as disruptions to health-care services and changes in care-seeking behaviours,

Studies from the first two and a half years of the COVID-19 pandemic indicate that the influence of meteorology and air quality on disease transmission have been secondary compared to the influence of non-pharmaceutical interventions, vaccination campaigns, changing immunity profiles, introduction of variants, and behavioural dynamics. This comes up in World Meteorological Organization’s COVID-19 final report.

Children, whose lives went upside down during the time of Covid 19, should get greater priority now with the World Health Organisation...

Three years into COVID-19, health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Covid 19 is no longer a global threat with the World Health Organisation declaring an end to the pandemic as a public...

In a surprise study, researchers said that people's mental health fared fairly well over the course of Covid 19 pandemic, which until...

Despite producers struggling to get their product to market during Covid 19, Global production of cocaine jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the pandemic, according to a new report released on March 16 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Countries across the world need to improve working conditions and earnings of workers, who were essential during COVID-19 pandemic, to fully reflect...