The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution met today to review what is known about the #COVID19 variant B.1.1.529.
They advised WHO that it should be designated a Variant of Concern.
WHO has named it Omicron, in line with naming protocols bit.ly/3r8YrEd
The designation of Variant of Concern means:
🔴 countries should share genome sequences
🔴 report initial cases/clusters to WHO
🔴 perform field investigations & lab assessments to understand impacts, epidemiology, severity, effectiveness of public health & social measures
This new #COVID19 Variant of Concern Omicron underscores the need to accelerate #VaccinEquity and get COVID-19 vaccines to health workers, older people and others at risk who still have not received their first and second doses.

#InThisTogether
We should work together to reduce the circulation of #COVID19:
💉Get vaccinated if you have access
😷 Wear a mask
↔️ Keep physical distance
🪟 Ventilate spaces
🤧🧼 Good hand & respiratory hygiene

#InThisTogether

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WHO & @FIFAcom are teaming up for the #SafeHome campaign to raise awareness about domestic violence & support those at risk, during the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

👉 bit.ly/3CSmcSY
Across their lifetime, 1⃣ in 3⃣ 🙎‍♀️ aged 15 & over, ~736 million, are subjected to physical &/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner - a number that has remained largely unchanged over the past decade.

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👉bit.ly/3CSmcSY
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🔀 Plan how to get there
🎒 Keep ready essential personal items to take with you

#16Days
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🆕 Interim statement on #COVID19 vaccination for children & adolescents bit.ly/32jwBur
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WHO & @MedsPatentPool announce the first transparent, global, non-exclusive licence for a #COVID19 technology, after finalizing a licensing agreement with @CSIC for a COVID-19 serological antibody technology.

👉 bit.ly/3nJQMtL
The test effectively checks for the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies developed either in response to an infection or to a vaccine. This represents the first test licence signed by @MedsPatentPool & included in WHO’s #COVID19 Technology Access Pool

👉bit.ly/3nJQMtL
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👉bit.ly/3nJQMtL
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Today is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Every 24 seconds, the 🌍 loses:
a child
a father
a mother
a brother
a sister
a friend
a colleague...

Remember those who died.
Support those who survived.
Take action to save lives.
Every year the lives of nearly 1.3 million people 🌍 are cut short because of road traffic crashes 🚦

Today and every day, let's take a moment to remember them.
bit.ly/3HuLScd

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Those rebuilding their lives after road traffic crashes and their families deserve appropriate medical, psychological, legal, and financial support.
bit.ly/3HuLScd

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