Public Health
Medics and volunteers try to prop up Ukraine’s health system
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - When Russian bombs started falling on Kyiv, oncologist Nataliia Verovkina fled with her 10-year-old...
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France’s COVID infections keep rising, hospitalizations up
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 18,853 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, a figure showing a week-on-week increase for...
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Hong Kong rules out tightening COVID curbs for now as death toll soars
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday there were no plans to tighten strict social distancing...
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China’s daily cases of symptomatic COVID more than triple
BEIJING (Reuters) -Mainland China reported 1,807 new local symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily figure in two years...
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China daily local COVID cases hit two-year high of over 1,500
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the most since...
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Hong Kong leader Lam says city not yet past COVID peak
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported 27,647 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with city leader Carrie Lam saying the outbreak...
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Exclusive-WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs to prevent disease spread
By Jennifer Rigby and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) -The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the...
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Analysis-Drugmakers look to help Ukrainians in drug trials after Russian invasion
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - The Russian invasion of Ukraine has left drugmakers scrambling to find ways for patients enrolled...
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Hong Kong leader plans to reopen city only after controlling latest COVID outbreak
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday it was not the time to lift a...
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China’s daily local symptomatic COVID cases nearly double to 402
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 402 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections with confirmed symptom for March. 9, official data showed...
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Romanian government to lift COVID restrictions from March 9
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania will lift all COVID restrictions from Wednesday including requiring a digital pass to access institutions and...
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Hong Kong leader urges suitable timing for mass testing effort
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Compulsory mass testing for coronavirus would be useful but needs to be done at a suitable...
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Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong announced plans to devote more medical resources to elderly people on Wednesday as COVID-19 infections...
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Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly, WHO warns
(Reuters) -Attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and the...
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Hong Kong’s zero-COVID fight takes mental toll on society, experts say
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong resident Yeung waited for 13 hours outside a hospital in the...
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‘A war for life of our child’: Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict
By Anna Koper and Jennifer Rigby WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Katya was on the way to hospital for an urgent operation...
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China says Hong Kong must stick to “dynamic zero” COVID strategy
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -A top Chinese health official rallied embattled Hong Kong on Tuesday to stick with...
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WHO says at least nine killed in 16 attacks on Ukraine health care
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has confirmed at least nine people had died in 16...
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Germany to receive patients from Ukraine -health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is preparing to receive seriously injured civilians and soldiers from Ukraine and patients who have to...
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Bali welcomes first foreign tourists after COVID quarantine rule lifted
By Sultan Anshori KUTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Monday welcomed its first foreign tourists under...
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