Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne said on Tuesday that the disruption of essential health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Americas hinders efforts to control other infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis

Egypt intends to open air and maritime corridors to facilitate aid deliveries to Lebanon following the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on special retirement benefits for health workers engaged in the COVID-19 response, which envision counting each working day as two, the decree posted on Russia's legal information portal read

The Wold Health Organization (WHO) is in contact with the Russian government on assessing the efficiency and safety of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19, WHO official Tarik Jasarevic said on Tuesday

Latvian President Egils Levits on Monday called on international organizations to investigate the Belarusian presidential election to determine whether they were held in accordance with democratic standards

Sputnik Belarus reported on Monday that its correspondent Evgeny Oleinik was beaten up and detained after unrest in Minsk