Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Blanket measures not based on evidence penalising southern Africa – Ghebreyusus

Exchequer returns, unemployment and national accounts due out this week

Transforming access to inoculation in the developing world is central to the survival of all

Forum hears women and girls at risk because of the threat of gender-based violence

Hundreds dying each day in Romania as crisis deepens in nations with low vaccine uptake

Health body names new advisory group and urges China to provide data from early cases

Commission finds more than 80 aid workers were involved in exploitation of women

World Bank and IMF should normalise lending to the country, foreign minister says

Choctaw nation gave us $170 in Famine relief in 1847. It is a timeless moral lesson

Call for delay on third doses until end of September so at least 10% of every country inoculated

Japanese women thrash Australia in opening softball match

Best chance to avoid catastrophe is tech fix by rich country in its own self-interest that works for all

Officially reported figures widely believed to undercount pandemic-related deaths

WHO chief says success came ‘only after decades of targeted and sustained action’

Initiative aims to scale up Africa’s access to life-saving inoculations against the disease

Opinions veer from ‘it’s clear this is a natural virus’ to ‘it’s not acting like a typical virus’

White House pushing for fuller inquiry into origins of pandemic that has killed 3.5m

No country should assume that it’s ‘out of the woods’, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Fatalities associated with working more than 55 hours a week rise 30% since 2000, study finds

About 1.7 million new cases and 20,000 deaths reported by India in last week

Decision opens possibility that jab could be included in Covax programme

President Higgins welcomes move as one of ‘immense moral significance in international policy’

Jean Murray says her family thinks she’s crazy for believing Covid-19 is a hoax

Several destinations considering ‘3V’ packages: visit, vaccinate and vacation

Further studies needed to identify origin of Covid-19 as report released, Tedros says

Brazil accounts for a quarter of world’s daily Covid deaths, recording 3,650 on Friday

Pressure rises as Italy prepares to confine citizens to homes again to counter Covid surge

White House says questions over findings and process of fact-finding mission to China

Martin Wolf: World leaders need to do ‘whatever it takes’

The inequality of vaccine distribution is a profound moral challenge, a test of our common humanity

Europe Letter: The pandemic will not end without international co-operation

Developed nations’ recovery hit through trade links unless they help more, WHO finds

Low-income countries are being sacrificed to secure vaccines for richer countries

Just 25 people vaccinated in one low-income country, Tedros Ghebreyesus says

2020 was filled with expressions that we never, ever want to hear again

World must learn to live with coronavirus and next pandemic may be more severe, WHO warns

First year in new baby’s life can be isolating and anxious under even the best of circumstances

Europol says organised crime gangs may look to produce counterfeit vaccines

France and Spain both record over 50,000 new infections as governments impose new restrictions

World wrap: Global fatalities top 1.2m in deadliest week for pandemic since April