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People infected with monkeypox can isolate at home – UKHSA

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -People infected with monkeypox can isolate at home if they remai...

30th May, 2022

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EU agrees common purchase of vaccine, antiviral against monkeypox, paper

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The European Union has decided on common purchasing of a vaccine and antiviral...

27th May, 2022

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WHO condemns Russia’s aggression in Ukraine in rare vote, rejects Moscow’s counter-proposal

By Emma Farge, Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization asse...

26th May, 2022

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Ukraine health emergency sparks rival resolutions at WHO assembly

By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A proposal to condemn the regional health emergen...

26th May, 2022

Image for Taiwan kept COVID below 15,000 cases for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’
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Taiwan kept COVID below 15,000 cases for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pa...

24th May, 2022

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South Korea to call at Davos for COVID aid for North – envoy

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will issue a call this week at the World Economic Foru...

24th May, 2022

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Explainer-What is on (and off) the agenda of the WHO Assembly?

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 100 world health ministers will meet i...

20th May, 2022

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Explainer-Why monkeypox cases are spreading in Europe, US

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are su...

19th May, 2022

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N.Korea boosts production of drugs, medical supplies to battle COVID

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies...

19th May, 2022

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World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID – review

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world is no better prepared for a new pandemic than it was w...

18th May, 2022

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When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn’t get them. Now they don’t want them

By Edward McAllister and Cooper Inveen DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) – It’s noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic...

18th May, 2022

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N.Korea’s Kim orders military to stabilise supply of COVID drugs

By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea’s military t...

16th May, 2022