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WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illness
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» BEIJING: The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the risk of infection.
China's 'batwoman' scientist warns another coronavirus outbreak is 'highly likely'
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/09/2023
» One of China's best-known virologists Shi Zhengli, also known as "batwoman", has warned that it is "highly likely" another coronavirus will appear in future.
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» GENEVA - The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained.
Belgium razes house where child-killer Dutroux buried victims
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» BRUSSELS - Demolition crews have begun knocking down a second home used by notorious Belgian child-killer Marc Dutroux in a bid to erase the stain of his crimes, local officials said Tuesday.
Trailblazer helps unlock Covid vaccine
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/02/2023
» Kizzmekia Corbett had gone home to North Carolina for the holidays in 2019 when the headlines began to trickle in: A strange, pneumonia-like illness was making dozens of people sick in China.
Missing a beat: Music stars quiet in Nigerian campaign
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAGOS: Nigeria's Afrobeats resonates all over Africa, and in the West, where young people sing and dance to the rhythms of Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tems.
Japan to scrap mask rule in May
Published on 27/01/2023
» TOKYO: The government of Japan will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for Covid-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.
Study: China Covid deaths could reach 1 million
Published on 15/12/2022
» Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.
US approves updated Pfizer, Moderna shots targeting Omicron
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - US health officials on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccinations by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that specifically target the latest strains of the Omicron variant, with the goal of jump-starting a new booster campaign.
Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses
AFP, Published on 23/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years when given in three doses, the companies said in a statement Monday.