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Can I get infected after vaccination?

If you are fully vaccinated can you still get COVID-19? How frequent are infections in vaccinated people? What are the COVID-19 symptoms if you have been vaccinated? WHO's Dr Kate O'Brien explains in Science in 5.

Latest updates on COVID-19

Finding the origins of SARS-CoV-2

WHO calls for all governments to work together to support scientists and experts in their work to better understand how this pandemic began.

Solidarity clinical trial for 3 new candidate drugs to roll out in 52 countries

Three new therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab – will be trialled for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

WHO attends a panel discussion at Wikimania 2021

The discussion explored how different stakeholders have worked to prevent mis- and dis-information around the pandemic — including a first of its kind collaboration between the Wikimedia Foundation and WHO.

Other hot topics

Cote d'Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years

The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola since 1994. WHO is helping to coordinate the response, including sending Ebola vaccines to vaccinate people at high risk.

Experts deployed to support Haiti during earthquake aftermath

Emergency medical teams, supplies and equipment are on their way to Haiti to help meet the most urgent health needs of those affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.