At a media briefing today, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to protect health workers against COVID-19 and other health threats based on new data.
It also pressed nations and pharmaceutical companies for more access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies.Health worker vaccination lags in poorer nationsThe call for better protection for health workers comes in the wake of data from a new WHO working paper that estimates 80,000 to 180,000 health workers died from COVID-19 in the first 17 months of the pandemic.
The WHO-led urgent call for action was also backed by partner groups, such as the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, the International Council of Nurses, and the World Medical Association.At today's
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