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3rd coronavirus wave ‘inevitable’, top Indian science adviser says

A senior Indian government scientific adviser warned Wednesday (May 5) that a third wave of coronavirus infections would sweep the country as it struggles with the devastating effects of the current wave that officially claimed nearly 4,000 lives in the course of one day.

On World Hand Hygiene Day, WHO calls for just that

GENEVA - In marking World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5), the World Health Organization is stressing the importance of good hand hygiene practices in stopping the spread of deadly infections. It says this is especially true at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease.

SINAS: Minimum public health standards remain enforced

The Philippine National Police will continue to implement existing laws, local ordinances and policy on public health concerns especially the minimum public health standards imposed thru Resolutions passed by the IATF-MEID...

DOH: Intensified biosurveillance reinforces need for stricter border control; expands travel restrictions to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

ON GENOMIC BIOSURVEILLANCE With the strengthened biosurveillance activities of the Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center, and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health, a total...

Turkey reports 28,997 new COVID-19 cases

Xinhua News Agency ANKARA, May 4  -- Turkey on Tuesday (May 4) confirmed 28,997 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,483 symptomatic patients, raising the total number of cases in the country to 4,929,118,...

Malaysia reports 3,744 new COVID-19 cases

Xinhua News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 -- Malaysia reported 3,744 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 424,376. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said...

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