WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19: vaccines, variants & doses
Date:
26/03/2021
If you have already had COVID-19 do you still need both doses of the vaccine? Do these vaccines protect you against infection? Do they protect us against variants? WHO’s Dr Katherine O’Brien answers these questions in Science in 5 this week.
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WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19: vaccines-when and why?
Date:
19/03/2021
If you have been wondering when you would receive your vaccine, why you should get vaccinated and are concerned about what your are hearing about side effects, this episode of Science with 5 with WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan is for you.
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Media briefing on COVID-19 - 22/03/2021
Date:
22/03/2021
00:00:22
CL Good day and welcome wherever you are listening to us today. It's Monday 22nd March 2021. My name is Christian Lindmeier and I am welcoming you to today's global COVID-19 press conference. Simultaneous interpretation is provided in the six official languages, Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish and Russian plus Portuguese and Hindi. Let me introduce the participants.
In the room...
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Media briefing on COVID-19 - 26/03/2021
Date:
26/03/2021
00:00:18
CL Hello. Good day to... wherever you are listening to us. Today is Friday 26th March 2021. My name is Christian Lindmeier and I'm welcoming you to today's global COVID-19 press conference. Simultaneous interpretation is provided in the six official UN languages, Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish and Russian, as well as Portuguese and Hindi.
The participants today are, p...
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COVID-19 live Q&A with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove. Ask WHO of 6 January 2021
Date:
06/01/2021
#AskWHO series: This was the live discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic of 6 January 2021 with Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Technical Lead on COVID-19. Questions from the audience were taken.
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WHO’s Science in 5 on COVID-19: vaccine dosage
Date:
19/02/2021
How far apart should the doses of vaccines be? What if I miss my second dose? Can I get two doses from two different manufacturers? How was safety of vaccines ensured?
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Here is how Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine should be used
Date:
03/02/2021
The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the first vaccine to receive WHO validation for emergency use. Here is how it should be used.
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The road to a COVID-19 vaccine
Date:
01/02/2021
Developing a vaccine is a long road full of checkpoints. Each phase designed to make sure it is both effective and safe. But with the whole world struggling to contain a pandemic, and unprecedented amounts of funding available, the road to finding the COVID-19 vaccine looks more like this.
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Comunicación sobre vacunación segura: orientaciones para el personal de salud
Date:
04/03/2021
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto la importancia de reforzar las capacidades nacionales en el ámbito de la comunicación sobre la seguridad de las vacunas.
El objetivo principal de este seminario web es presentar orientaciones y herramientas de comunicación sobre la seguridad de las vacunas que el personal sanitario que trabaja en el ámbito de las inmunizaciones y en cualquier otr...
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Seminario web: comunicación sobre vacunación segura. Orientaciones para el personal de salud
Date:
03/03/2021
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto la importancia de reforzar las capacidades nacionales en el ámbito de la comunicación sobre la seguridad de las vacunas.
El objetivo principal de este seminario web es presentar orientaciones y herramientas de comunicación sobre la seguridad de las vacunas que el personal sanitario que trabaja en el ámbito de las inmunizaciones y en cualquier otr...
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