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COVID-19 Video: COVID-19 Vaccines: Update on Allergic Reactions, Contraindications, and Precautions

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During this COCA call, clinicians will give an overview of recommendations for use of COVID-19 vaccines in certain populations. Clinicians will learn more about the recent reports of anaphylaxis following vaccination, as well as CDC’s updated clinical considerations around contraindications and precautions to vaccination. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/wmv/2020/12_30_2020_coca_call.mp4

Published: 7th Jan 2021 07:46:44   By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19 Video: Wear a Mask to Protect You and Your Friends - For Young Adults

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Wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of COVID-19 to others. Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/community/protect-wear-cloth-face-covering.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/community/protect-wear-cloth-face-covering.pdf Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/video/low-res/coronavirus/2020/36053605protect-wear-cloth-face-covering-Dec30.mp4

Published: 5th Jan 2021 12:21:10   By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19 Video: General Public: Care for Yourself

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Tips to encourage taking care of yourself one small way each day. The COVID-19 pandemic may be stressful for people. Coping with stress in a healthy way will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/wcms/video/low-res/coronavirus/2020/1188011880general-public-care-for-yourself-sm.mp4

Published: 2nd Jan 2021 03:23:48   By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19 Video: Happy New Year!

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Safest way to celebrate the arrival of the new year. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/videos/321719B_Covid_New_Years.wmv

Published: 28th Dec 2020 02:00:41   By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

COVID-19 Video: COVID-19 Stop the Spread of Germs

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If you are traveling, help stop the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by following these steps. Transcript: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/stop-spread/stop-spread-newer/317152_STSGerms.pdf Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/videos/stop-spread/317152_STSGerm_EN.wmv

Published: 28th Dec 2020 05:23:43   By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

UN COVID-19 Video: Two Million Dead from the COVID-19 pandemic - UN Chief

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Our world has reached a heart-wrenching milestone: the COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed two million lives. Behind this staggering number are names and faces: the smile now only a memory, the seat forever empty at the dinner table, the room that echoes with the silence of a loved one. Sadly, the deadly impact of the pandemic has been made worse by the absence of a global coordinated effort. In the memory of those two million souls, the world must act with far greater solidarity. Now is the time. Safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out — and the UN is supporting countries to mobilize the largest global immunization effort in history. We are committed to making sure that vaccines are seen as global public goods — people’s vaccines. That requires full funding for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator and its COVAX facility – which is dedicated to making vaccines available and affordable to all. The world’s leading economies have a special responsibility. Yet today we are seeing a vaccine vacuum. Vaccines are reaching high income countries quickly, while the world’s poorest have none at all. Science is succeeding — but solidarity is failing. Some countries are pursuing side deals, even procuring beyond need. Governments have a responsibility to protect their populations, but “vaccinationalism” is self-defeating and will delay a global recovery. COVID-19 cannot be beaten one country at a time. We need manufacturers to step up their commitment to work with the COVAX facility and countries around the world to ensure enough supply and fair distribution. We need countries to commit now to sharing excess doses of vaccines. This would help vaccinate all health care workers around the world on an urgent basis and protect health systems from collapse. Others on the frontline, including humanitarian workers and high-risk populations, must be prioritized. To gain public trust, we must boost vaccine confidence and knowledge with effective communication grounded in facts. As the science continues to blaze new trails of hope, let’s also remember the simple and proven steps we can all take to keep each other safe: wearing masks, physically distancing and avoiding crowds. Our world can only get ahead of this virus one way — together. Global solidarity will save lives, protect people and help defeat this vicious virus.

Published: 15th Jan 2021 05:48:57   By: United Nations

UN COVID-19 Video: UN System-wide MEDEVAC Mechanism - Care for UN personnel & Partners

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The UN MEDEVAC Mechanism serves as an example of a successful One UN partnership between numerous entities to design, resource, and implement a system-wide medical evacuation framework in the face of the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to ensure that a high standard model of care, safety, and treatment options are available to all UN personnel, partners, and their dependents so that they may continue to serve and deliver in their duty locations. To learn more visit: https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/covid-19-medevac

Published: 15th Jan 2021 02:35:53   By: United Nations

UN COVID-19 Video: WHO calls for 'collective commitment' - COVID-19 Update (11 January 2021)

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WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for “a collective commitment” so that within the next 100 days, COVID-19 vaccination for health workers and those at high-risk in all countries are underway, adding that “Governments, manufacturers, civil society, religious and community leaders must come together to create the greatest mass mobilization in history for equitable vaccination." Speaking to reporters today (11 Jan) in Geneva, Dr Tedros said, “just as we look forward on research and rolling out vaccines, we continue work on the origins. We are pleased that an international team of scientists – distinguished experts from ten institutions and countries – are commencing their travel to China to engage in and review scientific research with their Chinese counterparts on the origins of the virus.” WHO’s Dr Mike Ryan Executive stated,“I would love to be here saying there are other things we can do. All we can do is pick ourselves up and take the fight back to the virus.” He continued, “for those of you who have the virus under control, do not lose control. Look at what other countries are suffering as they have lost control of the virus. So if you're in a low incidence or a zero incident situation, keep it up. It is worth the effort.” Ryan added, “if you're in a, as many countries are, in a difficult transmission environment right now, there are no other options, but to do what you've done before.” WHO’s Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said, “this virus is controllable. Even these variants that we are seeing, having variants become identified because we have good sequencing that's happening globally and that's increasing globally.” She continued, “the fact that we are identifying variants that have increased transmissibility in some situations is not good. It doesn't help the situation. It makes it that much harder, but we still have control over this virus. There were increases in transmission and a number of countries before these variants were identified before these variants were circulating and that was due to increased mixing of people. There's no way around that. " Kerkhove also said, “we changed our mixing patterns over the summer into the fall and especially around the Christmas and New Year holiday.” She said, “the number of contacts that individuals had and their families had increased significantly over the Christmas and New Year holiday. And that has had a direct impact on the exponential growth that you have seen in many countries.” Kerkhove added, “some of the exponential growth we've seen in countries is almost vertical. It's not even at a slant, it's almost vertical, but that doesn't mean we've lost the battle.”

Published: 12th Jan 2021 01:59:52   By: United Nations

UN COVID-19 Video: COVID-19 Vaccine News: Low & Middle-income Countries Not Receiving Vaccine Yet - WHO (8 Jan 2021)

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The WHO urged “countries that have contracted more vaccines than they will need” and those who control the global supply of the Covid-19 vaccines “to donate and release them to COVAX immediately, which is ready today to roll them out quickly. " According to WHO, 42 countries are currently administering COVID-19 vaccines. 36 of these are high-income countries and six are middle-income countries. “So, there’s a clear problem that low- and most middle-income countries are not receiving the vaccine yet. This is a problem we can and we must solve together through COVAX and the ACT-Accelerator. " Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s Director-General said at the the press conference in Geneva on Friday (8 Jan). “At the outset, rich countries have bought up the majority of the supply of multiple vaccines,” Tedrs said. “Now we’re also seeing both high and middle-income countries, that are part of COVAX, making additional bilateral deals. This potentially bumps up the price for everyone and means high-risk people in the poorest and most marginalized countries don’t get the vaccine. " He also warned against people becoming “complacent” as the vaccination campaign is gaining momentum. "This is a very dangerous time in the course of the pandemic,” he said. ” Over the past few days, we have seen some of the highest numbers of deaths recorded at any point in the pandemic. This is happening because, over previous weeks, there has been a lack of compliance with what health authorities are advising in several countries." Dr Mike Ryan, the Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme also warned against a prospect “where we see large proportions of people vaccinated in some countries and no one vaccinated in other countries,” pointing to vulnerable groups and frontline workers at risk in every country.

Published: 11th Jan 2021 04:09:36   By: United Nations

UN COVID-19 Video: Should I worry about the new COVID variants? - Science in 5 on COVID-19 variants and vaccines by WHO

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How concerned should we be about the new variants of SARS CoV 2 which cause COVID-19? Is it unusual for viruses to change and mutate? Do vaccines protect against these variants and what can you do to protect yourself? WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan explains in Science in 5 this week. Science in 5 is WHO's conversation in science. In this video and podcast series WHO experts explain the science related to COVID-19. The series is available every week on WHO's YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn channels and on all major podcasts platforms. For media partnerships for this series, please contact us: communications@who.int. Produced by: The World Health Organization

Published: 8th Jan 2021 11:26:39   By: United Nations

WHO Video: Media briefing on COVID-19

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Published: 15th Jan 2021 06:22:59   By: World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Video: WHO's Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to COVID-19

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Visit WHO’s COVID-19 preparedness and response plan to combat COVID-19 https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/strategies-and-plans To learn more about our technical guidance repertoire and situation reports for more information on our support to countries, as well as the WHO Academy for support to health workers worldwide and the OpenWHO training for current outbreaks: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/ https://www.who.int/about/who-academy https://openwho.org/ Visit the Partners’ Platform to see one of the ways WHO coordinates the global response https://covid19partnersplatform.who.int/ On the ACT-A page, you can find out more on the Solidarity trials and the C-TAP for more information on how WHO is accelerating research and development for an accessible COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/solidarity-clinical-trial-for-covid-19-treatments https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/global-research-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/covid-19-technology-access-pool Find out more on WHO’s combat on misinformation https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/let-s-flatten-the-infodemic-curve Our Timeline and our COVID-19 page for more information on WHO’s COVID-19 response https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/interactive-timeline https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

Published: 15th Jan 2021 12:42:13   By: World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Video: WHO's Science in 5 on COVID-19 - Origins of the SARS CoV-2 virus - 14 January 2021

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Episode #21 Why is it important for scientists to look for the origins of the virus? How do scientists look at the claim that the virus originated in a laboratory? More about the team which is looking for the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19. Dr Peter Ben Embarek leads this team and explains in Science in 5. Science in 5 is WHO’s conversations in science. Watch WHO experts explain science related to COVID-19.

Published: 14th Jan 2021 05:00:07   By: World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Video: #COVID19 LIVE Q&A with Dr Ryan, Dr Van Kerkhove, Dr del Rio & Dr Kraft - #AskWHO of 13 January 2021

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#AskWHO series: This was the live discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic of 13 January 2021 with Dr Mike Ryan, WHO Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19, Dr. Carlos del Rio, Executive Associate Dean of Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Colleen Kraft, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Emory University Hospital.

Published: 13th Jan 2021 05:21:51   By: World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Video: Are we on track to achieving the Triple Billion targets?

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Are we on track to achieving the Triple Billion targets? How far have we come? What roadblocks do we face? What solutions will help us progress faster? Stocktakes give us the answers. This short, compelling animation will show how these vital reviews will help close the gaps in the Triple Billion targets: Universal Health Coverage, Health Emergencies Protection, and Healthier Populations. Even before COVID-19 the world was not on track. With the existing pandemic, we have been given the opportunity to address both COVID-19 and our pre-existing and now exacerbated problems. Health problems now require even greater persistence, urgency and engagement. This animation will show that stocktakes bring leaders from all over the world together to look at the data to discuss global and regional trends, set new ambitions, overcome challenges and drive progress towards delivering the Triple Billion targets.

Published: 12th Jan 2021 01:12:51   By: World Health Organization (WHO)