When the COVID-19 pandemic exploded around the globe, scientists warned of dire consequences if the chain of transmission wasn’t disrupted on time. We were warned that more dangerous variants would emerge and that vaccines may lose efficacy in the face of such mutations.

Covid vaccines are losing efficacy against Delta variant, warns WHO epidemiologist

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, adding that the WHO intends to deliver vaccines to low and middle-income countries by next month, as part of its COVAX programme.

Low-income countries could start vaccinating by Feb under Pfizer deal: WHO

The actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million, Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said.

Real coronavirus death toll 'certainly higher' than official 1 million count: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said that one million deaths around the world due to COVID-19 is “a very sad milestone”. According to the WHO, the victims suffered "a terribly difficult and lonely death”, while referring to how many were simply unable to say goodbye to their loved ones.

A million deaths due to coronavirus a 'very sad milestone': World Health Organization

The World Health Organization has warned of a massive increase in fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic, expecting the global death toll to reach 1 million next week.

WHO expects global COVID-19 death toll to top 1 million