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After COVID, WHO defines disease spread ‘through air’

  • Agencies have historically required high levels of proof before calling diseases airborne, which required stringent containment
  • Past disagreements also centered around whether infectious particles were “droplets” or “aerosols” based on size
By Reuters ·

Lack of immunity raises risk of bird flu pandemic, EFSA says

By Reuters ·

Pandemic, inflation push 68 million more in Asia into extreme poverty — ADB

By Reuters ·

North Korea claims no new fever cases amid doubts over COVID-19 data

By AP ·

PM urges precautions as Pakistan reports over 500 COVID-19 cases in single day

By Shahjahan Khurram ·

Tokyo closes books on costly, pandemic-delayed Olympics

By AP ·

North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak

By AP ·

South Africa may be entering fifth COVID-19 wave — health minister

By Reuters ·

UK PM Johnson apologizes to parliament for COVID fine

By Reuters ·

How will COVID-19 end? Experts look to past epidemics for clues

By AP ·

UN chief warns pandemic not over, decries vaccine inequality

By AFP ·

Hong Kong leader says fifth COVID wave has ‘overwhelmed’ city’s capacity

By Reuters ·
Update

Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID-19, Oxford vaccine creator says

By Reuters ·

Countries agree to negotiate WHO pandemic accord

By AFP ·

Saudi Arabia supports ‘Global Innovation Hub’ to tackle pandemics

By SPA ·

Pakistan’s top pandemic body lifts restrictions from cities with 60 percent vaccination rate

By Arab News Pakistan ·

Desperate for employees, US businesses struggle to hire

By AFP ·

Middle East faced wave of cybersecurity threats since start of pandemic

By Rashid Hassan ·

Greece tourism rebounds but still suffers from COVID-19

By AFP ·

Virus: Morocco suspending UK, Germany, Netherlands flights

By AP ·

IMF foresees a slight drop in global growth from pandemic

By AP ·

Brazilians seek pre-pandemic normalcy even as COVID-19 deaths top 600,000

By AP ·

Japan’s new PM calls Oct. 31 election, vows to fight pandemic

By Reuters ·

At UN, Syria accuses adversaries of using pandemic to ‘settle scores’

By Christopher Hamill-Stewart ·

Digital infrastructure enabled Saudi Arabia to confront pandemic

By Arab News ·

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