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COVID-19: Delta variant well on its way to becoming globally dominant, says WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan
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COVID-19: Are WHO s directives being taken seriously on the ground?
First it was their confused stance on wearing face masks at the onset of the pandemic, then their controversial decision to drop Remdesivir from a list of approved drugs to treat Covid 19 in November and now itâs the WHOâs latest advisory against using the oral anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin for Covid 19 treatment, which appeared in the form of a Tweet on May 10
th by none other than their Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan, that has ruffled feathers.
She wrote, â
Safety and efficacy are important when using any drug for a new indication. @WHO recommends against the use of Ivermectin for #COVID19
World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan. | Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
The World Health Organization’s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said that India’s ban on the export of coronavirus vaccines had a severe impact on 91 countries, reported NDTV.
“Ninety one countries are impacted by the shortage of supplies, particularly since the AstraZeneca parent company has not been able to compensate for the doses which have not come from Serum [Insitute of India],” Swaminathan said in an interview, adding that these countries were vulnerable to the new, more transmissible strains, including the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant first found in India.
“Not just B.1.617.2, but other variants will emerge in other countries and spread around the world.” she told NDTV. “We know that these variants spread very quickly. Even before they can be recognised, they are already spreading around the world. The same thing happened with the 117 [variant],