Category : Health
Beijing authorities begin mass testing as COVID-19 spikes
In response to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital Beijing, the city has started mass testing for its millions of residents. In Beijing’s Chaoyang district, 26 cases have been reported over the weekend, the highest number so far in this recent outbreak. It is believed that the......
New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo
An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared by the health authorities after a case was confirmed there, in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province. In the province, this is the third outbreak to have occurred since the beginning of 2018. Up......
Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown tightens as streets deserted, food shortages reported
COVID-19 measures taken by authorities in China this week have become more stringent and include mass disinfection of homes and preventing those infected from leaving their homes. Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten lockdown enforcement, as the pandemic continues in the country’s financial capital. In addition to installing......
China COVID-19 cases mount as social media reports deaths
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported 3,867 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, of which 3,590 occurred in Shanghai. Besides Shanghai, 14 other provinces have also recorded COVID-19 cases, including 195 in Jilin, in the northeast. Social media is flooded with reports of elderly patients dying after contracting COVID-19 at Shanghai......
South Korea global COVID-19 hotspot with 2.3 million new cases
For the fourth day in a row, the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea reached 200,000 due to an increase in the number of infections. According to authorities, as of Thursday alone, there were 621,328 new cases of the virus reported daily, and 429 deaths had been reported sending......
Lockdown in Shanghai begins a second phase as testing lines grow
Approximately 16 million residents of Shanghai are being tested for COVID-19 during the second stage of the lockdown, which moved to the western half of China’s biggest city and financial capital on Friday. In the meantime, residents of Shanghai’s eastern districts who were due to be released from isolation after......
Hamad Medical Corporation marks World TB Day
The Communicable Disease Centre (CDC) at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) continues to educate the Qatar community about TB and work towards its eradication worldwide in honor of World TB Day on March 24. Dr Muna al-Maslamani, director of the CDC, said TB remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide.......
Millions in lockdown in China as COVID-19 outbreak reaches two-year high
The COVID-19 virus outbreak that first emerged in Wuhan province in China in late 2019 has expanded rapidly across more than a dozen provinces and municipalities, according to the National Health Commission. Daily infections have more than doubled and the rate of increase in daily cases will determine whether China’s......
Japanese glucan supplement Nichi GLOW improves autism spectrum disorder behaviors
MENA Newswire: March, 2022, Tokyo – In children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Beta 1,3 -1,6 glucan (Nichi GLOW) as an adjunct, when orally consumed with conventional therapies, yielded behavioral improvement, documented by Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) score in a pilot clinical study, published in BMJ Neurology Open. Blood......
Germany reports 107,913 new cases, 57 deaths from COVID-19
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany reported 107,913 new COVID-19 cases and 57 new deaths in the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases has reached 14,682,758 and the total number of reported deaths has reached 122,678. In recent weeks, daily infections neared the quarter......