World Health Organization: Monkeypox has so far been reported from 11 countries that normally don't have the disease. WHO is working with these countries & others to expand surveillance, and provide guidance. There are about 80 confirmed cases, and 50 pending investigations. More likely to be reported
Taiwan's Navy confirmed Tuesday that a second warship has been hit by a COVID19 outbreak within a week but insisted that the outbreak would not affect the vessel's combat readiness
2 year agoNorth Korea reports 8 more deaths, issues with medicine supply amid Covid outbreak: KCNA (state media)
North Korean leader orders mobilization of soldiers to stabilize medicine supply: state media
Yoon offers to send COVID19 vaccines to North Korea: spokesperson
North Korea confirms its first-ever COVID19 case and declares a "serious emergency", with leader Kim Jong-un ordering lockdowns across the country
NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg tests positive for COVID19, according to his spokesperson
#COVID19 Karnataka reports 171 new cases, 121 recoveries & zero deaths, in the last 24 hours; active caseload stands at 1,945
In Shanghai, the authorities sent people who tested positive for Covid to makeshift quarantine camps. It didn't matter that some of the people have recovered from the infection and have tested negative
Kuwaiti Oil Minister: OPEC is following the increase in Coronavirus infections in Chinese cities and the possibility of supply disruptions
World Health Organization: Hepatitis infections were in 20 countries, and we are verifying 50 cases
Karnataka reports 111 fresh #COVID19 cases, 76 recoveries, and zero deaths, in the last 24 hours. Active cases 1,815
Delhi reported 1,485 fresh COVID19 infections, 1,204 recoveries, & zero deaths, in the last 24 hours. Active cases rise to 5,997; positivity rate at 4
Karnataka reports 126 fresh #COVID19 cases, 76 recoveries, and 2 deaths, in the last 24 hours. Active cases 1,785 Positivity rate 1
China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu
A second Ebola patient died in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said, just days into a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease
Shanghai reports 51 new coronavirus deaths, the biggest one-day increase on record
China reported 18,502 cases. Shanghai with 17,629 cases & 1,931 symptomatic cases and 95% of all cases. Shanghai launched a new round of city-wide testing and warned residents that their three-week lockdown will only be lifted in batches once transmission has been eradicated
Karnataka reports 61 fresh #COVID19 cases, 49 recoveries, and zero deaths, in the last 24 hours. Active cases 1,499 Positivity rate 0
Taiwan reported 1210 new local COVID19 cases, with New Taipei City's 410 cases being the highest among all cities and counties in Taiwan. The trajectory of the current outbreak is still going up at the moment
Police in Shanghai have been contacting residents and warning them not to speak to the foreign media about the city's Covid situation saying this is a violation of laws and regulations
Four months after they experienced a lockdown, citizens in China's Xi'an are once again experiencing another wave of COVID19-related restrictions as the number of local cases in Shgnahai remains high
The Chinese city of Xi'an decides to impose a partial closure to confront Coronavirus
15% of Hong Kong ambulance personnel infected with Covid-19 in first two months of fifth wave
2 year agoA dozen police officers in Shanghai broke into a house with police dogs and took a person to a Covid_19 quarantine camp. They used a stun gun to be able to subdue her
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined for parties during lockdown - BBC
All Taiwan military personnel have been instructed to get their booster shot for COVID19, which has so far infected 74 service members this year, Deputy Defense Minister Po Horng-huei (柏鴻輝) said Monday
China begins to ease the closure in Shanghai after new mass tests
2 year agoIn Shanghai, people began protesting and rioting. Some even looted a supermarket ( because many are struggling to access food and medicines (government deliveries are claimed to be strongly inadequate) due to covid restrictions
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19, per @Drew_Hammill. Pelosi is currently asymptomatic & fully vaccinated. Pelosi tested negative earlier this week. She tested before her weekly press conference with reporters, which is now cancelled
