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Figures additionally showed the only region where cases and deaths declined last week was Southeast Asia.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Monday that their prospective vaccine had proven 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections.

The self-ruled island of 23 million has seen remarkable success in combating the pandemic, with only seven deaths and fewer than 600 confirmed cases.

Pfizer said tests involving more than 40,000 people had provided results that were a "critical milestone" in the search for a vaccine.

But it is frozen out of the WHO by Beijing, which regards Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to take it by force if necessary.

The mutation "could pose a risk that future (coronavirus) vaccines won't work the way they should," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a press conference.

In the last two weeks, the Nordic country has recorded 45.7 new cases per 100,000 population -- the lowest rate in the EU according to the WHO.

The WHO has warned that some countries are on a "dangerous track", with too many witnessing an exponential increase in cases.

According to WHO, before the pandemic, countries were only allocating a small portion of their health budget on mental health services.

This year there are 318 nominees, including 211 individuals and 107 organisations, according to the Nobel Institute.

With funding provided mostly by the private sector and philanthropists, the WHO-led initiative would handle the procurement and distribution of the vaccines.

Mid-September saw a record rise in cases in most regions and the WHO has warned that virus deaths could even double to two million.

WHO Europe's 53 members started a two-day online meeting Monday focusing on their virus response as the global death toll crossed 925,000.

Dr. Scott Atlas of the White House Coronavirus Task Force was called out for supposedly considering a herd immunity plan against SARS-CoV-2.

In the biggest of several European protests, the protesters opposed coronavirus restrictions against face mask rules and other anti-virus curbs.

With much of the world caught in a cycle of dispiriting outbreaks and economically crushing lockdowns, all eyes are on the race for a vaccine.

Health Secretary Alex Azar is in Taipei for a three-day visit to promote shared democratic values and the island's success in taming the coronavirus.

For now, the WHO did not specify the identities of the two experts given the ongoing tensions between China and the United States.

Top epidemiology experts call for more diversity to ensure that among the 30,000 participants more ethnic minorities and Black volunteers are included.

COVID-19 is forcing governments into a persistent balancing act between saving lives and preventing economic devastation.

The World Health Organization argued against a wholesale closing of borders.

This development arrives shortly after UK health officials were criticised by the public for their apparent shortcomings amid the pandemic.

WHO says Brazil and India had recently reported highest daily increases, while figures remain worryingly high in the US and South Africa.

Following the directions listed by the federal agency should address problems such as shortages of protective equipment and testing kits.

Although the WHO acknowledged the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted in aerosol, it requires definitive proof before it reviews safety protocols.

Announcing the assessment, which will be presented next May, WHO chief said it should help the world understand how to prevent such crises in the future.

So far, data shows the number of deaths from COVID-19 has already surpassed half a million globally.

Despite the risks involved, it appears that there are folks who are surprisingly willing to participate in this procedure.

Restaurants, bars and beaches in the world's worst-hit nation closed from California to Florida, as states reeling from yet another surge.

The virus emerged at least six months ago in China, where the WHO will send a team next week in the search for its origin, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.