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Beijing authorities begin mass testing as COVID-19 spikes
In response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital Beijing, the city has started mass testing for its millions of residents. In Beijing's Chaoyang district, 26 cases have been reported over the weekend, the highest number so…
New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo
An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared by the health authorities after a case was confirmed there, in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province. In the province, this is the third…
Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown tightens as streets deserted, food shortages reported
COVID-19 measures taken by authorities in China this week have become more stringent and include mass disinfection of homes and preventing those infected from leaving their homes. Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten lockdown…
China COVID-19 cases mount as social media reports deaths
China's National Health Commission (NHC) reported 3,867 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, of which 3,590 occurred in Shanghai. Besides Shanghai, 14 other provinces have also recorded COVID-19 cases, including 195 in Jilin, in the…
South Korea global COVID-19 hotspot with 2.3 million new cases
For the fourth day in a row, the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea reached 200,000 due to an increase in the number of infections. According to authorities, as of Thursday alone, there were 621,328 new cases of the virus reported…
Nasser Institute Hospital to be integrated into a medical city – Sisi
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered that Nasser Institute Hospital be converted into a scientific research center and integrated medical city. Sisi met with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Higher Education…
UNICEF and Egyptian health minister discuss cooperation
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egypt's Acting Minister of Health and Population, met with Jeremy Hopkins, UNICEF's representative in Egypt, to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between the two organizations. During the meeting, plans were…
Lockdown in Shanghai begins a second phase as testing lines grow
Approximately 16 million residents of Shanghai are being tested for COVID-19 during the second stage of the lockdown, which moved to the western half of China's biggest city and financial capital on Friday. In the meantime, residents of…
Tuberculosis cases in Egypt fall to 11 per 100,000 people: Health Ministry
The incidence rate of tuberculosis in Egypt decreased from 15,000 cases per 100,000 people in 2015 to only 11 cases in 2021, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Health. World Tuberculosis Day is observed by the World Health Organization…
Millions in lockdown in China as COVID-19 outbreak reaches two-year high
The COVID-19 virus outbreak that first emerged in Wuhan province in China in late 2019 has expanded rapidly across more than a dozen provinces and municipalities, according to the National Health Commission. Daily infections have more than…