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How North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis

North Korea's admission that it is battling an "explosive" COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns that the virus could devastate a country with an under-resourced health system, limited testing capabilities, and no vaccine program. The isolated North confirmed on Thursday its first COVID-19 infections since the pandemic emerged more than two…

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Explainer-How N.Korea's COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis

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Fourth Covid vaccine provides 'a substantial boost to immunity', according to new study

Several countries have now deployed fourth doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but the clinical need, effectiveness, timing, and dose of a fourth dose remain uncertain

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PM calls for WHO reform, streamlining approval process for vaccines

Narendra Modi said "India's vaccination programme is largest in world."

The Hindu

Child dies after getting hepatitis as possible link to dogs is 'explored'

It comes as the number of worldwide cases has grown to 348.

Daily Record

What do we know about the mystery hepatitis strain spreading in Irish children? Signs, symptoms and causes

The HSE confirmed that a child being treated for an acute form of hepatitis has died, and a second has received a liver transplant

Irish Mirror

United States records 1 million deaths from COVID-19 two years after start of the pandemic

The White House says the United States must not become complacent in managing COVID-19, as the country passes a grim milestone two years into the pandemic.

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WHO: COVID-19 Falling Everywhere, Except Americas and Africa

The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. In its weekly pandemic report released late Tuesday, the UN health agency said about 3.5 million new cases and more…

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WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa

The Independent UK

Hepatitis: Irish child being treated for mystery form of virus dies and second receives liver transplant

Over the past ten weeks, six probable cases of children with hepatitis of unknown cause have been identified in Ireland, and a small number of children are under investigation

Irish Mirror

World complacent on Covid, warns Gordon Brown

Political leaders are still not listening to medical advice, says Mr Brown

The Independent UK

What is Omicron XE? Symptoms of the new Covid variant found in UK

XE combines genetic characteristic of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants, in what is known as a “recombinant”

The Independent UK

There is no getting past the pandemic till we credibly count COVID-19 deaths

Indian statisticians and modellers are equal to any in the world. The government could easily set up a panel of experts to arrive at an independent and credible estimate of the country’s pandemic toll

The Hindu

Engage, not dismiss: On India’s response to WHO’s COVID-19 deaths report

Excess deaths measures are a robust way to estimate pandemic impact

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The bitter dispute over India’s pandemic mortality

The ‘modelling’ that the Government is objecting to is largely simple data analysis and techniques for filling data gaps

The Independent UK

‘Irresponsible’: China hits back at WHO criticism of zero-Covid strategy

The Chinese foreign ministry urged the World Health Organisation to ‘refrain from making irresponsible remarks’

The Independent UK

WHO's European countries say Moscow office should be moved

Member countries of the World Health Organization’s European region have condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Hindu

Data | India’s measles cases doubled in 2022, while over two crore vaccinations skipped in 2021

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China blasts WHO chief over criticism of Xi’s Covid-Zero policy

BEIJING: China denounced the World Health Organization chief’s criticism of its zero-tolerance Covid strategy, defending a policy that has left it increasingly isolated on the world stage and under pressure from its own citizens at home.

The Independent UK

What is Omicron XE? Symptoms of the new Covid variant found in UK

XE combines genetic characteristic of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants, in what is known as a “recombinant”

Evening Standard

Shanghai to restrict access to food deliveries and hospitals in new severe phase of Covid lockdown

City officials move to toughen lockdown rules further despite being urged to change course

WEKU

Shanghai maintains 'zero-COVID' policy but the U.N. says it is not sustainable

The leader of the World Health Organization says he doesn't think that a 'zero-COVID' strategy is sustainable, given the behavior of the virus.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Slams WHO Chief for 'Irresponsible' Remarks on its Zero-COVID Policy

China's foreign ministry called on World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to avoid making "irresponsible" remarks, after he said China's zero-COVID policy was not sustainable. Speaking at a regular news conference in Beijing on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian defended China's measures on fighting the pandemic and…

Reuters

China berates WHO chief for 'irresponsible' remarks on its zero-COVID policy

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WHO chief says China's zero-Covid strategy is 'unsustainable'

China's flagship zero-Covid strategy to defeat the pandemic is unsustainable, the World Health Organization has said, adding that it had told Beijing so and called for a policy shift.

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