public health emergency of international concern
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Wuhan to Test Everyone for Covid-19 Again After 7 New Cases Detected
At least seven new cases of covid-19 has been detected over the past two days in Wuhan, China prompting city officials to declare that everyone in the city will be tested for coronavirus. Again.
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Official Covid-19 Death Toll Undercounting by Millions, WHO Says
According to a new estimate released by the World Health Organisation, at least 3 million people worldwide likely lost their lives to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The figures are the latest to suggest that many countries’ official counts have substantially underestimated the toll of the pandemic, which is still raging in much of the…
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So This Is ‘Covid Normal’
Last weekend I attended two days of the Brunswick Music Festival in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In front of a sea of semi-socially distanced picnickers, local bands like indie rockers RVG tore through sets they haven’t played live in a year. People chatted with their friends, hugged, and drank beer. No one wore a…
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As Death Toll Rises In Ebola Outbreak, WHO Declines To Declare Global Health Emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has decided not to declare a global health emergency in response to the Ebola outbreak that’s currently taking place in Africa, despite large numbers of people dying every day.