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...
Newborn mortality and malnutrition surges in Gaza, says WHO
"From different doctors, particularly in the maternity hospitals, they're reporting that they're seeing a big rise in children born with...
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UAE bans travel for unvaccinated citizens from Jan 10
Travel is permitted for non-vaccinated citizens, if the cases include medical exemption from taking the vaccine, humanitarian cases, and individuals...
- The announcement follows the UAE’s vision in the recovery phase of the pandemic and enhancing national efforts in all sectors
- This is being done to ensure that health and safety are prioritized by the leadership and the country's proactive efforts to confront COVID-19
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Covid-19 clouds hover over world’s New Year party
As the year drew to a close, the emergence of the Omicron variant pushed the number of daily new Covid-19...
- As the pandemic enters its third year, it still dominates life around the globe
- Seoul to San Francisco, new year celebrations were canceled or curtailed
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Israel ‘leads the way’ with 4th Covid jabs for vulnerable
According to researchers at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, new daily infections could rise to 15,000 or even 20,000 within the next...
- Israel's health ministry on Thursday approved giving a fourth shot for immunocompromised people
- The effort comes almost exactly one year after Israel began a massive vaccination drive on the back of a data-sharing accord with US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer
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Years after war, health sector ailing in Iraq’s Mosul
Apart from the hospitals, the rest of Mosul is also struggling to regain a sense of normalcy. Residents crowd into...
- The former stronghold of the Islamic State group, Mosul was devastated by the battle to oust the jihadists that ended in summer 2017
- More than four years on, the northern metropolis remains a patchwork of gutted concrete carcasses interspersed between buildings under construction
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Finland provides $2.27m to fund Palestinians’ hospital referrals
Finland will give €2 million ($2.27 million) to the Palestinian Authority to support the payment of medical referrals to East...
- This contribution will be channeled through the EU Program of Direct Financial Support to the Palestinian Authority’s PEGASE mechanism
- The aid will help the Palestinian Authority meet its obligations towards East Jerusalem hospitals
WHO says Omicron risk ‘very high’ after Covid cases rise by 11 percent
Omicron is behind rapid virus spikes in several countries, including those where it has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant,...
- Further data was needed to understand Omicron's severity in terms of clinical markers, including the use of oxygen, mechanical ventilation and death, WHO said.
- The highest numbers of new cases were reported from the United States, Britain, France and Italy.
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Qatar suspends leave for healthcare staff amid Covid surge
Qatar's main healthcare provider has suspended leave for all medical and administrative staff dealing with Covid, as infections surge across...
- Since the pandemic began, Qatar has recorded more than 248,000 infections, including 616 deaths. Monday's tally of 343 infections was the highest since May.
- The six members of the GCC have recorded more than 2.5 million cases, among them over 19,000 deaths.
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Kuwait Gulf Games deferred, will be held in May 2022
Kuwait will host the third Gulf Games from May 11-21, Secretary-General of Kuwait Olympic Committee Husain Al-Musallam said on Sunday....
- The Gulf Games include football, handball, volleyball, basketball, swimming, athletics, karate, Judo and others.
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Bird flu outbreak in Israel results in death of 2,000 cranes
More than 40,000 cranes are estimated to have remained in the area of northern Israel as 2000 have been dead...
- A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel
- The virus affects Israel annually, but this year's outbreak is much larger than previous years
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Bahrain closes two eateries over violation of Covid-19 protocols
Inspectors also visited a total of 193 restaurants and cafes and took required measures against 17 outlets.
- The Ministry of Health announced that it had taken the required measures prior to referring both food outlets to legal authorities
- This came during an inspection campaign conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Industry
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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UAE opens field hospital in Chad to help Sudanese refugees
ABU DHABI, UAE - Â UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Chad Rashid Saeed Al Shamsi on Sunday opened a field...
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Israel ranks 5th healthiest country in the world
Dubai, UAE - Israel ranks in 5th place out of the 167 countries on the index of the world’s healthiest...
- Asia is well represented generally, with the four top places rounded off by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
- The bottom five places are Somalia, Lesotho, Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic
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Covid and Ukraine have badly hit UN sustainable goals progress
Geneva, Switzerland - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine crisis and the climate...
- The UNCTAD released the fifth edition of its annual SDG Pulse, a global reference for tracking progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
- The data and analysis cover a wide range of SDG indicators and others relevant to trade, investment, financing for development, debt, transport and technology.
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Iraqi forces seize 250,000 captagon pills from school
Iraq has long been transit country for captagon, but officials say it is increasingly becoming a consumer market for the...
- The seizure was carried out in Al-Anbar province on the border with Syria, a country considered the hub for production and trafficking of captagon.
- Police "seized 250,000 captagon pills and one kilogram of cannabis resin from a school being renovated in the city of Ramadi", the interior ministry said.