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Girl, 11, dies from bird flu in country's first infection of virus since 2014

The bird flu, which is known as avian influenza, spreads in poultry but was only deemed a threat after a 1997 outbreak among customers of a live poultry market in Hong Kong - with most cases involving direct contact with infected birds

Daily Mirror

Bird flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, officials say

An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014

The Independent UK

WHO Chief Ghebreyesus Vows To 'Push Until We Get The Answer' On Covid-19 Origins

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the origins of the virus that first began spreading in China in late 2019. Read further on Dynamite News

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WHO chief to 'push until we get the answer' on Covid origins

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the Covid-19 pandemic started, the agency's chief said Wednesday following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search.

AFP

Northwest Syria of ‘Greatest Concern’ after Quake, Says WHO

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was particularly concerned over the welfare of people in northwestern Syria, a opposition-held region with little access to aid, since the earthquakes struck last week. "It's clear that the zone of greatest concern at the moment is the area of northwestern Syria,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Northwest Syria of 'greatest concern' after quake -WHO

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it was particularly concerned over the welfare of people in northwestern Syria, a rebel-held region with little access to aid, since the earthquakes struck last week.

Reuters

Focus on humanitarian crisis as Turkey-Syria quake toll hits 35,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescue teams began winding down the search for survivors on Monday as the focus switched to tackling a dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead in Turkey and Syria.

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Search for survivors slows as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 35,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescue teams began to wind down the search for survivors on Monday, a week after an earthquake devastated parts of Turkey and Syria leaving more than 35,000 dead and millions in dire need of aid.

AFP

Turkey-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.

AFP

Earthquake Death Toll Across Turkey-Syria Crosses 34,000

The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue. Read further on Dynamite News.

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Syria earthquake aid held up as millions suffer in freezing conditions

One week on from deadly earthquakes vital aid is being held up by disputes between government and rebel groups, as well as wider diplomatic quarrels

The Guardian - AU

Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 33,000 dead, as the UN warned the toll was set to rise far higher.

AFP

UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll tops 33,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - The United Nations decried Sunday the failure to ship desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher.

AFP

Syria's Assad may consider more border crossings for quake aid: WHO

Damascus (AFP) - The WHO chief said Sunday that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad had voiced openness to more border crossings for aid to be brought to quake victims in the country's rebel-held northwest.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Earthquake deaths pass 33,000; Turkey probes contractors

As despair bred rage at agonizingly slow rescues, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 131 people were being investigated in connection with the construction of buildings that failed to withstand the quakes.

Al Jazeera

Aid needs are immense as Turkey-Syria death toll crosses 29,000

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double.

AFP

Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000, UN expects toll to double

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria and killed more than 28,000.

AFP

Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000, millions in need of aid

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Miracle rescues as Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria leaving more than 28,000 dead.

AFP

Miracle rescues as Turkey-Syria quake deaths near 26,000

AFP

Miracle rescues as Turkey-Syria quake death toll tops 25,000

Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) - Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead.

AFP

Miracle rescues as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 25,000

The Street

Bird Flu Strain Just Made a Worrisome Shift

World Health Organization warns of need to closely monitor cases of disease.

AFP

Death toll tops 21,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade

Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing (Syria) (AFP) - The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.

The Independent UK

"Shame for WHO:" Victim of sex misconduct slams UN response

A woman victimized by a World Health Organization doctor during a recent Ebola outbreak in Congo says she is shocked that no senior officials were punished for the sexual abuse and exploitation claims affecting dozens of women in the conflict-ridden country

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