world news Europe could face COVID surge before autumn, WHO warns "Last week the number of cases rose by 10 per cent driven by increased mixing, travel gatherings and easing of social restrictions," WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said. 01/07/2021
world news WHO issues fresh warning to EURO 2020 fans in COVID-19 pandemic The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases in Europe has risen by 10% in the last week. 01/07/2021
The Cube Painkillers not recommended before a COVID-19 vaccine - health experts Misleading posts online have suggested that people should take antihistamines or painkillers before getting their coronavirus vaccine, but the WHO has warned against this. 23/06/2021
world news Vaccination rates need to be faster in Europe this summer, WHO warns The regional director for the WHO has warned that Europe must learn from "last year's lessons" to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases after the summer. 10/06/2021
world news Only one of the three Delta variant lineages is of concern, WHO says "It has become evident that greater public health risks are currently associated with B.1.617.2, while lower rates of transmission of other lineages have been observed," the WHO said on Tuesday. 02/06/2021
world news Estimated 115,000 health workers have died from COVID-19, says WHO At least 115,000 health and care workers are estimated to have lost their lives to COVID-19, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. 24/05/2021
world news Jabs for all Germans, Ukraine's struggle, and UK fears Indian variant Germany is stepping up its vaccination rollout, Ukraine is still struggling with its inoculation campaign because of political infighting, and concerns about the transmission of the Indian variant in the UK urge more people to get the jab. 18/05/2021
world news Delay COVID jabs for kids and donate vaccines, WHO tells rich nations The WHO Director-General warned on Friday that the second year of the pandemic could be deadlier than the first and said vaccinating at-risk groups worldwide should be the priority. 15/05/2021
Democratic Republic Of Congo European diplomats concerned by WHO sexual abuse reports in Congo European diplomats have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization has handled sex abuse allegations involving its own staff during an outbreak of Ebola in Congo. 14/05/2021
world news COVID-19 was 'preventable disaster', independent panel finds Most countries were "too slow" in their response to COVID-19, an independent panel commissioned reviewing the handling of the pandemic has found. 12/05/2021
world news Indian COVID variant detected in at least seven European nations: ECDC According to data obtained by Euronews from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the B.1.617 variant has been detected in seven European countries. 28/04/2021
world news COVID 'putting millions at risk' of other vaccine-preventable diseases Global vaccine programmes need protection to avoid mass outbreaks of diseases other than COVID-19, the World Health Organization has warned. 26/04/2021
world news Europe's COVID deaths top 1 million as pandemic hits 'critical point' Europe is the world's worst-hit region with a coronavirus death toll of at least 1,000,288 on Monday. 13/04/2021
world news North Korea tells World Health Organization it's still virus-free Isolated North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization. 07/04/2021
world news COVID vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow' in Europe as cases rise: WHO More than 1.6 million people contracted COVID-19 in WHO Europe's 51 countries last week — the sixth weekly rise in a row. 01/04/2021
world news UK, US and 12 other nations 'concerned' about WHO COVID origin study Fourteen countries including the UK, US and Denmark shared their "concerns" about the WHO-convened study of the origins of COVID-19, saying experts "lacked access" to complete data. 31/03/2021
world news World leaders call for WHO treaty to prepare for future pandemics World leaders are calling for a treaty preparing for future pandemics and ensuring global access to treatments. 30/03/2021
The Cube Ivermectin not a cure for COVID-19, say European Medicines Agency Ivermectin is not a cure for COVID-19, says the European Medicines Agency, after rumours circulated on social media. 25/03/2021
world news Global COVID vaccine inequality 'becoming more grotesque,' WHO warns The US, UK, EU/EEA account for more than 206 million of the 448 million doses of vaccines administered worldwide. 22/03/2021
world news It's a year since COVID was declared a pandemic. Did WHO act too late? It's been exactly a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By then, the virus was already confirmed in 114 countries. 11/03/2021
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 COVID-19: 'Unrealistic' for pandemic to be over by year-end, says WHO "Right now the virus is very much in control," the WHO's head of emergencies programme stressed on Monday. 02/03/2021
world news 'All hypotheses' still on table over COVID-19's origins — WHO chief The World Health Organisation's director-general's remarks come after the team visiting China suggested a leak from a lab was 'very unlikely' 12/02/2021
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
world news WHO: Vaccine manufacturers will have to adjust vaccines to variants The emergence of new coronavirus variants means vaccine manufacturers need to be ready to adjust vaccines to the "evolution of the virus", the WHO chief said. 08/02/2021
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