Updated guidelines on COVID-19 revise risk of hospitalisation — Global Issues

Updated guidelines on COVID-19 revise risk of hospitalisation — Global Issues

The guidance will assist healthcare professionals to identify those at high, moderate or low risk of hospitalization and to tailor treatment accordingly. WHO said current COVID-19 virus variants tend to cause less severe disease while immunity levels are higher due to vaccination, which has led to lower risks of severe…

‘Nowhere and no one is safe’ in Gaza, WHO chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

‘Nowhere and no one is safe’ in Gaza, WHO chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

6:00 PM That’s it from this latest UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Palestine crisis, where consensus among the body’s 15 members remains elusive. Here are the main highlights from today’s humanitarian briefings: HIGHLIGHTS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), called for a ceasefire to save…

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one of month of conflict, they said, citing local health authorities. Children, women and the elderly account for 75 per cent of the victims, and upwards of 26,000 people have been injured. “Furthermore, according to multiple sources, the number of Palestinian…

$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market — Global Issues

$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market — Global Issues

The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide immediate relief and support longer-term job and business recovery, as well as social protection. “The hostilities have resulted in – and continue to cause – both a tragic loss of…

‘Outrage’ over Black Sea attack, funding pledge to alleviate El Niño, breast cancer alert — Global Issues

‘Outrage’ over Black Sea attack, funding pledge to alleviate El Niño, breast cancer alert — Global Issues

Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement that Wednesday’s attack came on the heels of a series of assaults that killed and inured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged the historic Fine Arts Museum in the Ukrainian port city. “I share my condolences with the family of the killed…

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the territory, whom he saw last week “pleading for a piece of bread and a sip of water”. Mass displacement has…

2023 likely hottest year on record; further spike expected with El Niño — Global Issues

2023 likely hottest year on record; further spike expected with El Niño — Global Issues

That’s the message from UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which said on Wednesday that for the calendar year to date, the global mean temperature is the highest ever recorded, 1.43 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and sea ice in the Antarctic remains at record low levels. WMO expects the warming…