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Saudi Arabia to host largest health event with global participation on Oct 21-23
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the seventh edition of the Global Health Forum under the...
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China expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow
Under its zero-Covid policy, China has used strict lockdowns, mass testing and severe travel restrictions to stamp out infections. But...
- China is struggling with a new wave coronavirus infections, and it reported 52 new Covid deaths on Tuesday
- Officials ordered people in 12 central districts to undergo three rounds of PCR testing
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UN says Lebanon child vaccination rates drop 30%
Child vaccination rates in Lebanon have dropped by more than 30 percent, compounding a health crisis marked by drug shortages...
- Since 2019, Lebanon is grappling with a financial crisis that the World Bank says is of a scale usually associated with wars
- The currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value and in excess of 80 percent of the population now lives below the poverty line
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China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as virus bites
The world's second-biggest economy was already losing steam in the latter half of last year with a property slump and...
- China's GDP growth was better than expected at 4.8 percent on-year in the first quarter
- But the data did not take in the gnawing impact of a weeks-long lockdown in Shanghai
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Gulf Biotech Company becomes second drug producing firm in Bahrain
The licensed plant will manufacture a variety of injectable human healthcare formulations such as vials, ampoules and prefilled syringes.
- National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) announced that it had licensed the medical firm.
- The injectable drugs will be subjected to final inspection to be granted a Good Manufacturing Practices.
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Unvaccinated citizens can travel if they present negative PCR: UAE
The UAE will allow unvaccinated individuals to travel on April 19 if they present a negative PCR test result taken...
- Unvaccinated individuals aged under 16 is exempt from presenting a negative PCR test result upon arrival
- The policy is aimed at achieving sustainable recovery and the return to normalcy to boost the economy
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Pfizer plans new Covid jab
It has said a shot for multiple variants is coming by 2022-end.
- Chairman Albert Bourla said Pfizer was also working on a vaccine that could provide good protection for a whole year
- This means people would come back annually for boosters, as with influenza shots currently given out in the US
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Qatar, UK ink pact on food safety, environmental health
Qatar Food Safety and Environmental Health Department Director Wassen Abdullah Al Bakr said that the agreement would enhance food safety...
- Qatar Food Safety and Environmental Health Department Director Wassen Abdullah Al Bakr said that the agreement would enhance food safety in Qatar
- It provides a framework for enhanced cooperation in food safety research, particularly food contaminant and risk management analyses
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Pandemic ‘far from over’, but ‘let’s end it together’, says UN chief
The UN chief said countries need to fulfil and accelerate dose-sharing and donation commitments in order to reach the billions...
- Antonio Guterres said the spread of Omicron was “a startling reminder of how quickly COVID-19 can mutate and spread
- The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is now surging in the form of the BA2 variant in many parts of the world
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Iraq witnesses dust storm that lands dozens in hospital
Iraq is particularly vulnerable to climate change, having already witnessed record low rainfall and high temperatures in recent years.
- The storm erupted in the north of the country on Thursday, leading to cancellation of flights serving Kurdistan’s capital Arbil
- As the storm swept south, it shrouded the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and cities as far south as Nasiriyah in a ghostly orange
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Vaccine factory to come up in Khazaen City with $52m outlay
The first phase of the project is expected to be set up on a total area of 37,000 square meters.
- The agreement was signed by Khazaen CEO Salim Al Thuhli and Opal’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sa’ad Moosa Al Junaibi
- Al Thuhli was quoted by the official sources as saying that the project would be the first vaccine factory in Khazaen Economic City
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The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars...
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Healthcare sector in Qatar witnesses remarkable growth, says IPA Qatar
Doha, Qatar--Sustained investment in healthcare infrastructure in Qatar has seen a rapid transformation in the sector as promotion of health...
- A study carried out by IPA Qatar shows that health promotion and disease prevention underpin its commitment to ensuring the well-being of its citizens
- In the next 10 years, digital infrastructure, virtual care, remote patient monitoring and AI will account for some 30% of hospital investments in the region
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AlNeyadi conducts over 200 research experiments on board ISS
ABU DHABI, UAE - Over the course of a six-month space mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), UAE...
- These research experiments were held in collaboration with 10 international space agencies and 25 esteemed UAE and global universities.
- The experiments covered a range of topics including the cardiovascular system, back pain, protein crystallisation growth, epigenetics, immune system,
Sudan refugees stranded without healthcare in Chad
The new arrivals in Adre may now be safe from the gunfire, but they soon learn they are still in...
- The risk of disease soars in the absence of clean water, for which people "begin lining up ... at 2:00 am" amid shortages in some camps, MSF reported
- In Sudan, even before the current conflict began in April, 78,000 children under five died every year "from preventable causes, such as malaria", UN says