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Ukraine: Russia boasts of its precision missiles – so why are hospitals being destroyed?

Over recent years, Russia has often boasted about the capabilities of its precision-guided missiles (PGMs). Two years ago the Defence Ministry released a video of its Tornado-S precision missile which, it said, can strike targets to within one metre. Given that such precise munitions also provide the ability to avoid…

The Conversation

WHO warns of 'serious' Covid symptom missing from updated NHS list

The NHS recently updated its official list of coronavirus symptoms

Manchester Evening News

The level of air pollution is falling in Paris, but it’s still too high, research shows

Air quality improved in the Paris region in 2021, but its 12 million inhabitants are still subject to pollution levels above World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations, with thousands of premature deaths, Airparif said Tuesday.

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Covid symptom missing from NHS updated list that WHO warns is serious

One 'serious' symptom of the coronavirus known as Covid-19 is listed by major health authorities such as the World Health Organisation and the Centre for Disease Control, but not by the NHS

Daily Mirror

99 percent of humans breathing polluted air, situation worst in poor nations

A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said on Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year.

Radio France Internationale

COVID-19: The endless search for the origins of the virus

Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus came to infect humans.

Al Jazeera

'Kafkaesque' true stories of ordinary people: inside the first days of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

We have lived through two tumultuous years as the COVID-19 pandemic has swept through Australia. Our Prime Minister Scott Morrison took the lead, for domestic political purposes, in calling for an investigation into the origins of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

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A pause to reflect: On WHO decision to recommend a pause in the supply of Covaxin

The Government and Bharat Biotech should strive for better communication on vaccine safety

The Hindu

Read Why Did WHO Suspend UN Supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine

According to Reuters, the World Health Organization suspended the supply of Covaxin through UN agencies for the COVID-19 vaccine. WHO said it would allow the manufacturer to improve its facilities and address issues found in a WHO post-emergency use listing (EUL) inspection of Bharat Biotech's manufacturing. The details of what…

Benzinga

Nearly all of us are breathing poor quality air, World Health Organization says

The U.N. health agency says 99% of the world breathes air that doesn’t meet WHO’s standards for air quality. It wants more done to cut use of pollution-causing fossil fuels.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biological E. to receive mRNA vaccine tech from WHO

Hub has potential to expand manufacturing capacity for other products beyond Covid vaccines

The Hindu

FDA Grants Priority Review To Roche's Actemra For Hospitalized COVID-19 Adults

The FDA has granted priority review to Roche Holdings AG's (OTC:RHHBY) Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) for COVID-19 in hospitalized adults. "If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA-approved immunomodulator for treating COVID-19 in hospitalized patients," Roche said. The Compay also added that more than 1 million people hospitalized with COVID-19 had been treated with Actemra/RoActemra…

Benzinga

Fresh COVID-19 cases drop below 1,000, first since April 2020

Active caseload declines to 12,597 and they constitute about 0.03% of the number of positive cases

The Hindu

Six new Omicron BA.2 symptoms as new XE variant identified in UK

Experts say as many as one in 15 people in the UK currently have the virus

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Bangkok Post

Omicron XE wave 'likely to be mild'

The Public Health Ministry on Sunday played down concerns raised by the first case of the XE Covid-19 strain in the country, saying there is no need to panic.

The Times of India

1,200 beds in non-referral hospitals for Chandigarh of 12 lakh

CHANDIGARH: The city has one doctor for every 492 patients and one bed for 299 people, according to the health department data that shows an impressive ratio if compared to the WHO recommendation of 1,000 patients per doctor for India.

Bangkok Post

XE wave 'likely to be mild'

The Public Health Ministry on Sunday played down concerns raised by the detection of the first case of the XE Covid-19 strain in the country, saying there is no need to panic as it is not believed to result in as many complications as some previous mutations.

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‘Not fit for purpose’: new noise benchmark needed for Melbourne’s third runway, group says

Victorian Transport Action Group says standards recommended by World Health Organization are needed

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WHO pauses Covaxin supply via UN bodies

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Morning Digest | WHO flags emergence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus; Army inducts Russian man-portable air defence systems, and more

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Bangkok Post

The mystery of Africa's low Covid death rates

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: There are no Covid fears here.

Bangkok Post

Latest Omicron variant 'XE' arrives

Thailand on Saturday reported its first case of Omicron XE, a combination of two previous versions of the Omicron variant, shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned about the new hybrid.

Reuters

U.S. discusses 'opportunities' for Taiwan to participate at WHO meeting

U.S. and Taiwanese officials have held talks on expanding Taiwan's international participation including "opportunities" for the island to attend a major World Health Organization meeting next month.

The Times of India

As demand dips, Bharat Biotech slows Covaxin output for maintenance in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech on Friday announced the temporary slowing down of production of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin across its manufacturing facilities as it has completed its supply obligations. The company also said that it expected a decrease in demand for the indigenous vaccine.

Wales Online

Worst-case Covid-19 scenario could see future global 'reset' says WHO

However, the best case scenario would see much-less severe variants

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