The Ministry of Health held a handover ceremony of 138,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Polish Government on Dec 16.Taking part in the ceremony included Minister of Health Bounfeng Phoummalaisit and Head of Cooperation of the European Union …
In 1946, UNICEF was founded to provide emergency relief to children in the aftermath of World War II. Now 75 years later, UNICEF has continued working tirelessly for the rights and well-being of every child. Whoever they are. Wherever they
New York state reported Friday that just over 21,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day, the highest single-day total for new cases since testing became widely available.Just under half of the positive results were in the city,
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued guidelines for keeping children in school even if they are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.During a virtual briefing by the White H…
Scientists in Hong Kong say the omicron variant of the coronavirus multiplies much faster in the airway passages, which could explain how the variant is spreading so fast around the globe.A preliminary report by a team of researchers at the
The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program.The Foreign Ministry said the AstraZeneca vaccines would be transferred in the coming weeks, a decision that was part of Israel’s s…
Representatives from Lao Women’s Union (LWU), the National Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mothers and Children (NCAWMC) and UNFPA Lao PDR joined a virtual tour of the one-stop service centre (OSSC) for survivors of gender-based violence (…
African leaders have called on governments across the continent to invest more in healthcare to fight the coronavirus and future pandemics. The appeal came as the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union this week held
