world news Europe has seen first rise in COVID-19 cases in six weeks, warns WHO More than one million new cases of the deadly virus were recorded last week across the 51 countries included in WHO's European region. This represented a nine per cent rise on the previous week. 04/03/2021
world news Six ex-Soviet states get €40m to help their COVID-19 vaccine rollout The joint €40 million programme will involve Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. 11/02/2021
Uncovering Europe What is COVAX and is it helping poor countries get access to vaccines? Experts have criticised rich countries for buying up COVID-19 vaccine doses as poor countries are left without vaccines in a trend that has continued months after first doses became available. 08/02/2021
world news Europe at a 'tipping point' in COVID-19 pandemic, WHO says Officials at the World Health Organization said that Europe was likely in the most acute phase of the pandemic. 07/01/2021
Germany Coronavirus: Germany and Russia report record number of new deaths Germany's COVID-19 death toll grew by 410 on Wednesday — its highest one-day jump since the beginning of the pandemic. 25/11/2020
world news 'Don't waste' COVID-19 lockdowns, WHO Europe warns The head of WHO Europe said urged governments in European counties under COVID-19 lockdown to "take advantage of that time to strengthen your test, trace, isolate care system so that it's not just wasted." 19/11/2020
Switzerland Coronavirus 'cluster' recorded at WHO's headquarters in Geneva According to an email obtained by the Associated Press, the WHO's anti-coronavirus measures have not been enough to stop the spread of the virus among its staff. 16/11/2020
world news Europe has 'a lot of work to do' to prevent COVID-19, WHO expert warns Amid rapidly rising cases in Europe, the World Health Organization's Dr Mike Ryan said that Europe has a lot of work to do and said a national lockdown was only a "last resort". 25/09/2020
world news WHO's warning for Europe: 'COVID-19 is a tornado with a long tail' WHO's Europe chief said autumn and winter would pose a "tricky situation" with schools reopening, the onset of the flu season and increased mortality among older people in winter months in general. 27/08/2020
The Cube Coronavirus and facemasks: What is the latest health advice? The main recommendation is to save them for those people who have coronavirus symptoms or are taking care of a suspected case. 21/05/2020
world news WHO 'deeply troubled' by spike in domestic abuse in locked down Europe According to the "scarce" data WHO has received, emergency calls by women subjected to violence by their intimate partners jumped 60% across European member states in April, compared to the same period last year. 07/05/2020
The Cube Viber messaging platform is latest to counter COVID-19 misinformation Viber has become the latest platform to team up with WHO and create a 'chatbot' where people can ask the most commonly asked questions about the coronavirus pandemic. 31/03/2020
The Cube What do we know about ibuprofen and COVID-19? France's health minister suggested on Saturday that NSAIDs, including ibuprofen, could aggravate COVID-19. 18/03/2020
