The World Health Organization (WHO) and Covid-19

Malnutrition threatens the future of millions of children who depend on school lunches

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School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have deprived millions of poor children not only of their classes, but of what is often their main, if not only, food. "We run the risk of losing an entire generation," warn two UN agencies that urge to support governments for the prompt reopening of schools in safe sanitary conditions.

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Pfizer Joins WHO Initiative to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines Worldwide

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The company announced that it is joining a non-profit joint effort by several organizations and other pharmaceutical companies to ensure equitable access to vaccines against COVID-19 and to immunize at least 20% of the population of each country by the end of the year. . The COVAX initiative is also continuing its research and preparing to deal with new mutations in the virus.

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The UN celebrates the return of the United States to the Paris Agreement and the permanence in the WHO

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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order for his country to once again join the Paris Agreement, signed by 194 nations, and which seeks to keep this century's global temperature rise below 2 ° C to prevent further events. extreme weather conditions. The president also signed another executive order that prevents the United States from leaving the World Health Organization.

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Most countries in the Americas are not ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccines

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“Being prepared is more important than being fast. This is the moment when the states of our region must act to be ready to distribute and vaccinate ”, warned the UN agency for health in the American continent, which has also expressed concern about the new variants of the coronavirus, that may be speeding up the transmission.

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COVID and mutations, child labor, migration… Friday's news

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World Committee calls for developed scientific collaboration to associate coronavirus mutations; the UN is ready in order to help after earthquake about 6, 2 in Indonesia; violence escalates in the Central African Republic; 2021 is the World Year for the Eradication of Child Labor; and the pandemic reduces the growth of the migrant population.

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The WHO mission to investigate the origin of the coronavirus arrives in Wuhan, China

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The experts will begin working virtually while they quarantine, and then continue the investigation on the ground alongside their Chinese peers. Meanwhile, the International Emergency Committee is meeting to issue recommendations on new coronavirus mutations and vaccination as a possible requirement for travel.

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