The Delta variant of the coronavirus is significantly more transmissible than the other variants of concern and having the two doses of vaccines provides high protection against these variants of concern, WHO Europe spokesperson told Trend.

Azerbaijan’s vaccination process is an achievement that can be welcomed, WHO Europe spokesperson told Trend.

A project is being implemented in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district liberated from the Armenian occupation, Hande Harmanci, head of the WHO office in Azerbaijan, told Trend on June 10.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and the head of World Health Organization (WHO) in Azerbaijan Hande Harmanci have discussed mutual cooperation and the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, he announced on Twitter, urging everyone to get vaccinated against COVID-19, if there is a vaccine available in the country, Trend reports citing TASS.

More than 677,000 new cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed globally in the past 24 hours, which pushed a total number of infections to 157.97 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Monday, Trend reports citing TASS.

President Ilham Aliyev and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have discussed steps taken by Azerbaijan to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, its contribution to international efforts in this sphere and new vaccines to be supplied to the country, Azertag has reported.

The gap between rich and poor countries in the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the global COVAX initiative is growing every day, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, Trend reports referring to foreign media.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly stressed the importance of the joint fight of the countries of the world against the coronavirus pandemic and close cooperation in this area

The non-provision of Azerbaijan with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as part of the COVAX platform in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is the violation of the principle of fairness, Azerbaijani Doctor of Philosophy Yazgul Abdiyeva told Trend.