Covid-19: WHO to set up pandemic data hub in Berlin
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The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence is set to analyse data quickly in order to predict, detect, prepare for and respond to risks worldwide
The World Health Organisation announced on Wednesday it would set up a global data hub in Berlin to analyse information on emerging pandemic threats, filling the gaps exposed by Covid-19.
The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, which will start operating later this year, is set to analyse data quickly and in detail, in order to predict, prevent, detect, prepare for and respond to risks worldwide.
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May 4, 2021 at 2:26 pm
As around 2 million people a day across the United States receive a dose of one of three COVID-19 vaccines, cases of the disease are once again on the decline thanks in part to rising immunity. But even as COVID-19 cases wane, researchers are scrutinizing ones popping up in a particular group of people: those who are fully vaccinated.
Such cases, called breakthrough infections, aren’t unexpected. That’s because the vaccines are not 100 percent effective.
“When people hear about breakthrough infections, they automatically think ‘oh, these vaccines are not working’ or ‘they’re not effective,’” says Richard Teran, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. “That is just not true … the majority of individuals who do get the vaccine are protected against COVID infection and also from severe disease.”
As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies
Experts say it should have come sooner
NEW DELHI The United States has decided to support India with oxygen cylinders, oxygen generation systems, oxygen concentrators, ventilators, therapeutics, personal protective equipment, tests, and other related supplies as India struggles with a huge surge in COVID cases. Critics say the help has been slow in coming.
For the past five days, India has set a new world record for a single-day increase in coronavirus cases, with over 300,000 new cases each day and a peak of 352,991 new cases on April 26. There have been over 17 million total cases since the pandemic began.