Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday voiced hope for a quick approval of the country's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine by the World Health Organization, saying the move is essential for expanding its global supplies.

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Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVID-19 technical lead, said on Sunday that the coronavirus vaccine donations that the U.S. has made are "not enough" and other countries need to step up in order...

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Stephen SilverOmicron, The arrival of Omicron and the continuing Delta variant may be a harbinger of unpopular restrictions.The new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, which as of Thursday was in twenty-three countries, is now confirmed as appearing in thirty-eight of them, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. This places the variant in all six regions in which the WHO operates.

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Omicron Is Now in 38 Countries, WHO Says

The World Health Organisation said on Friday it had not seen any reports of deaths relating to the new Omicron variant of Covid-19.

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By Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay - The World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told Reuters on Friday that while the new coronavirus variant Omicron appeared to be very transmissible, the right response was to be prepared, cautious and not panic. The WHO has urged countries to boost healthcare capacity and vaccinate their people to fight a surge in

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World Health Organization officials in the Western Pacific say border closures adopted by some countries may buy time to deal with the omicron coronavirus variant, but measures put in place and experience gained in dealing with the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the pandemic.

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The Swiss cantons of Geneva and Vaud have placed 2,000 people, most of them children, into quarantine after two cases of the Omicron variant were detected at an international school. Geneva, a hub for international diplomats and home to the World Health Organization (WHO) which last week classified Omicron as a SARS-CoV-2 "variant of concern", had

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Makers of COVID-19 vaccines should gear up for the "likelihood" of needing to adjust their products to protect against the Omicron variant, the World Health Organization's (WHO) spokesperson said on Friday. Christian Lindmeier, speaking at a U.N. briefing in Geneva, said the agency was studying the transmissibility and severity of the variant first detected

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