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Act Now in Europe, or Risk Stricter COVID Measures Later, Says WHO Official

With an Omicron offshoot spearheading a burgeoning COVID-19 wave in Europe, countries need to accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back measures such as mask wearing to avoid stricter measures as autumn and winter approach, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, WHO…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 19, 2022

What is Covid 'Centaurus' variant? New 'fast-spreading' strain explained as it arrives in UK

Here is everything you need to know about the 'Centaurus' Covid-19 strain.

Daily Record · Jul 19, 2022

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Exercising only on the weekends has surprising health benefits

A study finds that those who exercise over the week and those who work out on weekends for the same duration and intensity both have reduced mortality risk.

Inverse · Jul 18, 2022

India reports second confirmed Monkeypox case from Kerala

India reported the second confirmed Monkeypox case Kannur district on Monday, confirmed officials from Union Health Ministry and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Read more on Dynamite News

Dynamite News · Jul 18, 2022

Marburg virus: Ghana confirms two cases of highly infectious disease

Total of 98 people now under quarantine as suspected contact cases

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

Ghana declares first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Ghana Health Service is working to reduce risks of virus spreading, including isolation of all identified contacts.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022

A dire moment in the pandemic ... was the chance he'd been waiting for

How Sotiris Missailidis, head of R&D in Brazil's vaccine agency, used the COVID crisis to push through a game-changing effort for middle-income countries to invent their own mRNA vaccine.

WEKU · Jul 18, 2022

‘A bright life ahead’: Botswana on path to seeing no babies born with HIV

Country may be Africa’s first to stop mother-baby transmission as WHO hails ‘groundbreaking’ fall in rates from 40% to 1%

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

What is Marburg virus disease? What are the symptoms and how is it treated?

With two cases in Ghana now confirmed - here's what we know about Marburg virus disease.

ABC News · Jul 18, 2022