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Jun 29, 2020 · 11-12 February 2020. WHO convened a Research and Innovation Forum on COVID-19, attended by more than 400 experts and funders from around the world, which included presentations by George Gao, Director General of China CDC, and Zunyou Wu, China CDC's chief epidemiologist. 16-24 February 2020.
Feb 11, 2020 · This name was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003. While related, the two viruses are different. WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE ...
Mar 16, 2023 · Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants. All viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, change over time. Most changes have little to no impact on the virus’s properties. However, some changes may affect the virus’s properties, such as how easily it spreads, the associated disease severity, or the performance of vaccines ...
Download our complete dataset of COVID-19 metrics on GitHub. It’s open access and free for anyone to use. Explore our global dataset on COVID-19 vaccinations. See state-by-state data on vaccinations in the United States. Explore the data on confirmed COVID-19 cases for all countries. Explore the data on confirmed COVID-19 deaths for all ...
May 16, 2022 · Despite the the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s 2020-2021 Results Report tracks WHO’s significant achievements across the global health spectrum. Released ahead of the World Health Assembly next week, the report details such accomplishments as the delivery of more than 1.4 billion vaccine doses via the COVAX facility, the recommendation for broad use of the world’s ...
Dec 23, 2021 · In health facilities where people are receiving treatment for COVID-19, there is an increased risk of infection during medical procedures called aerosol generating procedures. These can produce very small droplets that can stay suspended in the air for longer periods of time and spread beyond conversational distances (typically 1 meter).
The WHO coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard presents official weekly counts of COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccine utilisation reported by countries, territories and areas. Through this dashboard, we aim to provide a frequently updated data visualization, data dissemination and data exploration resource, while linking users to other useful and ...