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WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» GENEVA - The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.
Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.
WHO concerned about bird flu after girl's father tests positive
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» PARIS - The World Health Organization said Friday it was concerned about bird flu after the father of a 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died from the disease also tested positive, raising fears of human-to-human transmission.
Hong Kong unveils US$97bn recovery budget
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's finance chief unveiled a HK$761 billion (US$97 billion) budget on Wednesday, plunging into the coffers to pay for the recession-hit city's post-Covid recovery.
Snow patrol: Ukraine unit faces blizzard of Russian attacks
AFP, Published on 19/02/2023
» NEAR BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - On the deserted edge of a town near the front line in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier kneels in a firing position, a gloved finger on the trigger of his high-powered rifle.
WHO plans emergency meeting on Marburg outbreak
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» GENEVA: The UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus.
Bird flu detected in mammals but risk to humans low: experts
AFP, Published on 03/02/2023
» PARIS - Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between humans.
World 'dangerously unprepared' for next crisis: Red Cross
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» GENEVA: All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters.
'Avatar' sequel now ranks fourth all-time in global sales
AFP, Published on 30/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES - "Avatar: The Way of Water" continued to dominate the box-office charts, taking in an estimated $15.7 million this weekend in North American theaters to make it the fourth-leading global grosser of all time.
WHO panel reviews Covid emergency status
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.