Published July 6, 2021, 12:42 PM
The new Lambda COVID-19 strain has already been detected in more than 30 countries, the Health Ministry of Malaysia said on Monday, July 5.
“The Lambda strain was reported to have originated from Peru, the country with the highest mortality rate in the world,” the ministry said in a tweet on Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, meanwhile, said that health officials are still monitoring the COVID-19 Lambda mutation and is not yet considered as a variant of concern.
World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Lambda, at this point in time, still remains a variant of interest. That does not mean that we are not following it. We are still studying it and it doesn’t warrant a classification as a variant of concern at this point in time,” Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative to the Philippines, said in a virtual interview with ABS-CBN News on Tuesday
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World Health Organization Representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN)
WHO Philippines Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said the COVAX facility has committed to provide the country with COVID-19 vaccines to cover 20 percent of its population.
He said the figure includes the A1 group or the frontline healthcare workers and the A2 group composed of the elderly population.
“We continue to urge the government to follow the prioritization to ensure that we achieve high coverages in the A1 and A2 groups,” Abeyasinghe said in a public briefing Monday, May 24.
“We do understand that there is a need to start protecting the other groups. But when we see that coverage particularly in the A2 group is around 10 percent, its still premature from our perspective to agree to use Covax vaccines to any of the other groups because while recognizing the other groups are important, it is clearly defined that the largest number of deaths and severe c
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged both the national and local government units in the Philippines to follow the sequence of prioritization in rolling out the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines coming from the Covax facility to ensure its impact on public health.
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May 07, 2021 12:52:11 PM World Health Organisation Representative to the South Pacific Dr Akeem Ali says some tough choices need to be made right now to keep the deadly coronavirus at bay. Dr Ali said the first death from local transmission reminds every one of the real grave impact that this virus can have on individuals and families, communities and the country. He while speaking in a press conference last night said the government needs to take drastic action to address this very serious public health emergency. “It will be a greater challenge for the government to provide essential health services and other services in the country in the next few days.