Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Hong Kong to make COVID-19 app more like mainland China to curb infections
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will update an app it uses for COVID-19 tracking to bring it more in line with mainland China, by requiring people to register by name and by adopting a traffic light c...
Jul 11, 2022
EU to recommend 2nd COVID-19 booster for over-60s, top health official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union health agencies will recommend on Monday a second COVID-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new spike in infections and hospitalisations across Europe, the EU h...
Jul 11, 2022
South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland
(Reuters) -South Africa has confirmed a third case of monkeypox, in a 42-year-old male tourist from Switzerland, the health department of the Limpopo province said. The tourist, who is holidaying in S...
Jul 11, 2022
Shanghai plans more COVID testing amid fresh curbs across China
By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub of Shang...
Jul 11, 2022
Shanghai braces for more mass COVID testing amid fresh curbs across China
By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub of Shang...
Jul 10, 2022
Macau shuts down casinos in race to curb COVID spread
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau shut all its casinos for the first time in more than two years on Monday as authorities struggle to contain the worst coronavirus outbreak yet in the world's biggest gambli...
Jul 10, 2022
Yosemite wildfire smoke chokes national park’s views and air quality
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A wildfire threatening some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees in California's Yosemite National Park expanded five-fold over the weekend as smoke prompted air quali...
Jul 10, 2022
Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related public health emergency after Roe overturned
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency in wake of the Supreme C...
Jul 10, 2022
Hong Kong mulls China-style COVID code system – newspaper
(Reuters) - Hong Kong is considering to implement a health code system similar to China to fight Covid infections without tightening social-distancing measures, the South China Morning Post reported h...
Jul 10, 2022
China’s Shanghai says new Omicron subvariant found
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The city of Shanghai has discovered a COVID-19 case involving a new subvariant Omicron BA.5.2.1, an official told a briefing on Sunday, signalling the complications China faces to...
Jul 10, 2022
