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Washington, United States | AFP | Former US president Donald Trump’s administration prevented health officials from providing accurate information about Covid-19 in a bid to back up his overly optimistic view of the outbreak, according to a congressional report released Monday. Senior staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told investigators Trump aides bullied staff and tried to rewrite their reports in a bid to align guidance with the president’s public […]
TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan welcomed its first batch of international tour groups after the island fully reopened its borders Thursday, ending strict quarantine rules in place since the coronavirus pandemic began. A group of holidaymakers from Thailand arrived shortly after midnight and were greeted at Taoyuan airport with flower garlands and an exuberant dancing bear mascot. Valaisurang Bhaedhayajibh, 53, said she was visiting Taiwan the first time in 20 years and was accompanied by […]
by Michel Comte Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — An acute nursing shortage is clogging or even closing hospital emergency rooms across Canada, pushing an already stressed national health system to the brink with potentially severe consequences for patient care. Burnout from the Covid-19 pandemic, abuse from patients and salary discontent have seen nursing staff quitting their jobs in droves, and experts say the situation is only likely to worsen. The impact on emergency care […]
by Ashraf KHAN / Joe STENSON Agence France-Presse JOHI, Pakistan (AFP) — His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around. Four months after the start of record monsoon rains linked to climate change, the standing water has curdled into a pestilent soup breeding malaria, cholera and dengue. The UN has warned of a “second wave” of catastrophe, […]
Brazzaville, Congo (AFP) The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged in eastern North Kivu province six weeks ago, the World Health Organization said. Only one case of the virus had been confirmed, according to a WHO statement, making the DRC’s Ebola outbreak its “least catastrophic”. Five people died during the previous outbreak — the central African nation’s 14th — which ended in July. Ebola […]
Berlin, Germany | AFP | Monday 9/26/2022 – 12:06 UTC+2 | 94 words German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tested positive for the coronavirus and is displaying mild symptoms after returning from a tour of the Gulf, his spokesman said Monday. The 64-year-old is isolating in his apartment in the chancellery, and will attend meetings online, spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said. At the weekend, he visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar on a hunt […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $14.25 billion Wednesday at a donor conference led by US President Joe Biden, as decades of progress against the diseases are set back by Covid. It was the highest amount ever pledged for a multilateral health organization — but fell far short of the ambitious goal of $18 billion after the United Kingdom and […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Around 200 health organizations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose “a grave and escalating threat to human health”. A letter proposing the “fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty” said it could work similarly to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control — except this time the harmful controlled substances would be […]
by Issam AHMED Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A second US death was linked to monkeypox on Tuesday as health authorities published a study describing how two previously healthy young men experienced inflammation of the brain and spinal cord as a result of the virus. There have been nearly 22,000 US cases in the current global outbreak, which began in May, but new infections have been falling since mid-August as authorities have […]
But senior citizens, immunocompromised individuals and those who are not fully vaccinated still urged to wear face masks outdoors (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has allowed the voluntary wearing of face masks outdoors, particularly in open spaces and non-crowded outdoor areas with good ventilation. Face masks, however, will continue to be worn indoors in private and public establishments, including in public transport by land, air or sea where physical distancing cannot […]
But the elderly and the immuno-compromised encouraged to still wear face masks outdoors (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has given his “verbal approval” to make the wearing of face masks outdoors optional or voluntary in non-crowded well-ventilated outdoor areas. This was upon the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force which studied the current situation, and saw that the mandatory or compulsory wearing of face masks outdoors was no longer applicable at […]
Beijing, China (AFP) Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company’s share price by seven percent on Monday. The National Medical Products Administration gave the go-ahead for the vaccine for emergency use as a booster, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. Following the announcement, company shares surged 14 percent on Monday morning before closing 7.1 percent higher than […]
