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Arcturus: What we know about the new Covid variant and its symptoms

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

The Independent UK

Indian cough syrup: mystery middleman may be new clue

An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved in the supply chain told Reuters.

Reuters

Odisha to audit Caesarean section delivery cases in private hospitals

The Odisha government has announced to audit Caesarean section (C-section) delivery cases in all private hospitals.

The Hindu

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Benfest to make Newcastle debut in July with tribute band extravaganza

Newcastle Benfield Football Club is hosting two-day music festival to raise money to help the club and the local community

Chronicle Live

Doctor explains two distinctive symptoms of highly transmissible Arcturus Covid variant

The Arcturus variant has now been detected across the world including the United States causing a number of government to look again at introducing Covid restrictions

Daily Mirror

Arcturus: Public should wear masks on public transport as new Covid variant spreads, expert warns

Britons have been urged to wear face masks on public transport amid the rapid spread of the Arcturus variant of Covid.

Evening Standard

Call for return of face masks as Covid variant spreads

Five Brits have died from the Arcturus strain of Covid

The Independent UK

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Covid Arcturus variant spreading in Ireland as cases triple and peculiar new symptom reported

Cases of the new Arcturus Covid variant, known as Omicron XBB.1.16, have tripled in Ireland. It comes amid growing concern worldwide about the strain's rapid spread.

Irish Mirror

The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

ABC News

Arcturus: What we know about the new Covid variant and its symptoms

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

The Independent UK

Supplies running out at Sudan’s remaining hospitals as healthcare disaster looms

In El Fasher, in North Darfur, only one hospital remains functional, with bomb damage, power cuts and only weeks until lifesaving equipment and drugs run out

The Guardian - UK

Irish government urged to tackle killer air pollution new EU report found is claiming young lives

"We are failing to protect future generations from the health harms arising from toxic air"

Irish Mirror

Covid Arcturus variant has a 'new symptom' in EYES that may be confused for hay fever

Covid XBB.1.16, known commonly as Arcturus, was first detected in January of this year and has since spread across at least 34 countries - and it has a key infection symptom that everyone should be aware of

Daily Mirror

The Arcturus Covid-19 subvariant is spreading in Australia - but expert says it’s no cause for alarm

Health researchers say new Omicron variant is more transmissible but no evidence to suggest it is more severe

The Guardian - AU

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Diplomat Says 15 Syrians Killed Amid Clashes in Sudan

Fifteen Syrians were killed as a result of running clashes in Sudan, Sham FM, a radio and TV station, cited the chargé d’affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Sudan as saying on Wednesday. No injuries were reported among Syrian expats, said the diplomat, adding that all members of the diplomatic…

ABC News

New COVID-19 subvariant referred to as Arcturus on the rise in Australia. This is what we know about it

Subvariant XBB.1.16 is related to the XBB.1.5 subvariant, which was detected in Australia in January, and both are mutations from the Omicron variant. This is what we know about it.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Fears More Deaths in Sudan Due to Outbreaks, Collapse of Services

The World Health Organization (WHO) expects "many more" deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks of disease and a lack of essential services amid fighting, its director general said on Wednesday. Battles between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary since mid-April has killed at least 459 people and…

Reuters

WHO fears more deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks, collapse of services

The World Health Organization (WHO) expects "many more" deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks of disease and a lack of essential services amid fighting, its director general said on Wednesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Sudan: fighting eases during truce as thousands flee country

With partially held ceasefire due to expire on Thursday, UN says neither side ready to seriously negotiate

Evening Standard

WHO alert after ‘toxic’ substances found in India-made cough syrup

The medicine is found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia

The Independent UK

WHO flags India-made ‘contaminated’ cough syrup with ‘unacceptable amounts’ of toxic chemicals

‘Substandard’ medicine is latest in series of drugs manufactured in India said to be of poor quality

Fortune

The next pandemic could be ‘as infectious as this one but far more lethal’—and make COVID look like a cakewalk, expert warns

“There’s nothing in the book of life that says you couldn’t have a virus that’s as infectious as this one but far more lethal,” he noted.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox

Pakistani man, 25, diagnosed with the virus, once called monkeypox, after recently arriving from Saudi Arabia.

Evening Standard

Air in every London borough breaches WHO guidelines on toxic nitrogen dioxide

Every single one of almost 2,000 diffusion tubes placed across London detected levels of nitrogen dioxide which breach WHO guidelines

The Times of India

Guaifenesin, Indian cough syrup, found to have contaminants: WHO

Guaifenesin TG syrup, manufactured by QP Pharmachem Ltd, a Punjab based pharma company, has compounds toxic to human health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

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