Thailand called off its threat to boycott a kickboxing event at this year’s Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia after the two countries resolved a dispute over the name of a sometimes violent sport that...
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WHO Urges China to Share COVID Data
The World Health Organization met Chinese officials for talks on Friday about the surge in COVID-19 cases, urging them to share real-time data so other countries could respond effectively. The rise in infections in...
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Italy to Screen All China Arrivals for COVID
Italy is making coronavirus tests for visitors from China mandatory following an explosion in cases in China, the health minister said Wednesday. “I have ordered mandatory COVID-19 antigenic swabs, and related virus sequencing, for...
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epi-Week 47 – 48 (21 November – 04 December 2022)
Globally, the number of weekly cases remained stable during the week of 12-18th Dec compared to the week before. While cases continue to decline in the WHO South-East Asian region in the same period...
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Angered by lockdowns, protests spread in China amid calls for Xi’s ouster
Angered by China’s strict anti-virus lockdowns, protesters took to the streets in more than a dozen cities on Sunday, calling for President Xi Jinping’s ouster in the biggest challenge to Communist Party rule in...
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Malaria cases on the rise along Thai-Burma border, health officials say
Malaria rates are spiking along the Thai-Burma border, health officials in the area say, as people flee fighting in Myanmar that has forced them to live exposed to the elements, increasing their chances of...
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More than 550 doctors fired by Myanmar junta for refusing to work in protest
The junta’s Ministry of Health has fired 557 government-employed doctors who left their jobs to protest against the military government, revoking their licenses at a time when medical professionals are in short supply, sources...
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Price of medicines soars in Myanmar, leaving clinics short of supplies
Rises in the cost of medicines in Myanmar are leaving many without access to treatment, with prices of basic drugs sometimes doubling and clinics often short of supplies, sources in the military-ruled country say.Even...
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Director General of Health Services inaugurates new operation theatres at UNHCR supported Ukhiya Specialized Hospital [EN/BN]
Dhaka – The Director General of Health Services Professor Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam inaugurated two operation theatres and secondary care services at the new Ukhiya Specialized Hospital, constructed and equipped by UNHCR,...
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Myanmar Extends COVID-19 Restrictions Until End Of This Month
Myanmar announced the extension of COVID-19 preventive measures, until the end of this month (Aug 31), according to the Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for COVID-19, yesterday.The extension is applied to...
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