The World Health Organisation (WHO) has unveiled a new network for coronaviruses (CoViNet) to facilitate and coordinate global expertise and capacities for early and accurate detection, monitoring and assessment of SARS-CoV-2
The World Health Organisation has unveiled a new network for coronaviruses to facilitate and coordinate global expertise and capacities for early and accurate detection, monitoring and assessment of SARS-CoV-2The World Health Organisation has unveiled a new network for coronaviruses to facilitate and coordinate global expertise and capacities for early and accurate detection, monitoring and assessment of SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV and novel coronaviruses of public health importance.
The CoViNet meeting brings together global experts in human, animal, and environmental health, embracing a comprehensive One Health approach to monitor and assess coronavirus evolution and spread. The collaboration underscores the importance of enhanced surveillance, laboratory capacity, sequencing, and data integration to inform WHO policies and support decision-making.
In a related development, WHO Member States have agreed to resume negotiations aimed at finalising a pandemic agreement and making all countries of the world better prepared for, and able to effectively and equitably respond to future pandemics. Next month’s resumption of INB9 will be a critical milestone ahead of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, starting May 27, 2024, at which Member States are scheduled to consider the proposed text of the world’s first pandemic agreement for adoption.
In December 2021, the World Health Assembly met in a Special Session, the second-ever since WHO’s founding in 1948, and decided to establish the INB to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Nigerian crossdresser and social media personality, Bobrisky, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . The arrest is said to have been made over allegations of abuse of naira notes, currency mutilation, and other related offenses. Naira abuse refers to the improper handling of the Nigerian currency, which can include spraying of naira…
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