Europe’s Covid explosion to new Delta surge, WHO Chief Scientist explains global corona trends – details here

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Swaminathan’s concerns come amidst the worrying possibility of COVID’s third wave in India (Photo: Reuters) World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Wednesday said the world needs to step up its vaccination drive and ensure maximum coverage. This comes following alarming trends from Europe. Swaminathan took to microblogging site Twitter and noted that there … Read more

Better WHO funding needed to fight future pandemics, says chief scientist Swaminathan

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World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan World Health Organisation (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday warned that the next pandemic was not an “if” but a “when”, and it could be waiting to happen anytime. The pandemic has shown that a health security threat can be as bad as any other kind of … Read more

Is COVID-19 becoming endemic in India? Find answers here

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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

Gross inequity in vaccine access hurting; China way ahead, says WHO’s Dr Soumya Swaminathan

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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