Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic (Reuters Photo) Endemic: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organisation, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic. Meaning, some people will contract the virus but the level at which it will … Read more
A more public and private collaboration is required as we continue to look for those antiviral medicines which are broad spectrum antivirals that will not only help from Covid but could also help for future pandemics “Covid related deaths could have been prevented to some extent if we had by now vaccinated 20 % of … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO)’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan. (File Photo) The pandemic is far from showing signs of slowing down and there are new worries with fresh surge in cases emerging across different countries, cautions Dr Soumya Swaminathan. The worry for the chief scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) stems from the fact … Read more
India, Dr Swaminathan said, is also developing several vaccines with most under clinical trials, followed by Europe and North America. (Reuters/File photo) The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan is upset that despite well thought through and planned-in-advance initiatives like COVAX to address any likely inequity in access to vaccines globally, today there … Read more