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MoHAP and WHO host scientific symposium on malaria control
In cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) held a scientific symposium on malaria to discuss the latest global…
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USA tops world in global COVID-19 cases with over 1 million deaths
More than 540 million people have been reported to be infected with Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally, and over 1 million deaths, according to a recent tally by Worldometers.…
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UAE sends urgent medical supplies to Senegal
The United Arab Emirates recently sent a plane full of medical supplies to Senegal in an attempt to deal with the effects of the fire that broke out in the neonatal department at the…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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