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COVID-19

WHO’s aid plea warns of risks from new variants

Warning of the emergence of more dangerous variants of COVID-19 on the anvil, a press release pointed out the inequities in the access to...

OWSA Staff - 9 February 2022

COVID-19

Omicron sweeps across 57 countries: WHO

The past week saw a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Americas and the South-East Asia Region, including India. However the...

OWSA Staff - 2 February 2022

COVID-19

Tonnes of COVID-19 health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems

About 87,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment procured between March 2020 and November 2021 to support countries’ urgent COVID-19 response needs is expected to...

OWSA Staff - 1 February 2022

COVID-19

ILO estimates reveal 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

Military takeover has hammered labour market already weakened by impact of COVID-19, women workers hit hardest, says the UN organisation. Some 1.6 million jobs were...

OWSA Staff - 29 January 2022

COVID-19

DCGI approval for Bharat Biotech’s nasal booster dose trials

The producer of India's indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, will now be able to conduct trials of its nasal vaccine as a booster dose at nine...

OWSA Staff - 28 January 2022

COVID-19

Omicron dominates, says health ministry

Data indicates that India is now seeing a plateau in the number of COVID-19 cases. But there is concern that over three-fourths of the...

OWSA Staff - 27 January 2022

COVID-19

Pfizer, BioNTech initiate study to evaluate Omicron vaccine in adults

First participants enrolled in clinical trial received Omicron-based vaccine candidate as a two-dose primary series and as a booster dose. Drugs and pharma giants Pfizer...

OWSA Staff - 27 January 2022

COVID-19

No takers for COVID-19 booster vials in Sri Lanka

There is a rise in COVID-19 hospitalisations in Sri Lanka. Yet, people are reluctant to take the vaccine booster. Over 5000 cases of COVID-19 were...

OWSA Contributor - 26 January 2022

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