With no case of virus recorded in continent in 4 years, World Health Organization says threshold for eradication has been met

Former chief scientific adviser Mark Walport says that like the flu, the coronavirus 'almost certainly will require repeated vaccinations' to contain

Health body chief seeks to draw favorable comparisons with 1918 flu outbreak, saying we now have better technology; infection levels in Europe spark fears of 2nd wave

Israel is among 80 nations to express interest in COVAX program; international bid envisions healthcare workers, those over 65 receiving jabs first

Sinaia Netanyahu appointed head of Program for Environmental and Health Impacts at the World Health Organization's Europe office

Strongman president offers 'to be experimented on' as Southeast Asian country, with some 27 million people under lockdown, pushes to be candidate for overseas clinical trials

Medical center's CEO Zeev Rotstein says its clinic in Moscow is conducting trials that will 'take time;' Putin has claimed vaccine 'passed all the necessary tests'

Yuli Edelstein says if Moscow's announcement of a functioning inoculation to protect against coronavirus is verified, countries will enter into negotiations

Announcement comes after WHO last week urged Moscow to follow established guidelines and go 'through all the stages' to develop safe vaccine

Death toll is expected to surpass 750,000 in a matter of days as pandemic rages on, yet WHO chief says not too late to turn situation around