GENEVA (AA) – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the most significant decline in childhood vaccinations in some 30 years, according to official data published by the World Health Organization and UNICEF on July 15. The UN agencies warned that global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing lifesaving vac...
JERUSALEM (AA) – While on his Middle East tour, US President Joe Biden on Friday announced an additional $100 million in support for East Jerusalem hospitals. He made the announcement during his visit to Augusta Victoria Hospital in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem. “Today, I am pleased to announce the United States is committing an ...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has given the green light for those aged 6 months to 5 years to receive coronavirus vaccinations, following a scientific review that found the vaccine “safe and effective,” Health Canada announced Thursday. “After a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, the department ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Strip is facing the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Palestinian Health Ministry has announced. A ministry statement said the seaside territory has seen a rise in virus infections in recent days. The ministry said the new COVID-19 wave is caused by the BA5 omicron subvariant. The […]
GENEVA (AA) – UN human rights experts have urged Israel to release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian who was imprisoned at the age of 14. They said Manasra’s mental health was deteriorating. “Ahmad’s imprisonment for almost six years has deprived him of childhood, family environment, protection, and all the rights he should have b...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that he is concerned coronavirus cases and deaths are climbing, stretching health systems while monkeypox is also rising with 9,200 cases reported in 63 countries. “The Emergency Committee on COVID-19 met on Friday last week and concluded that the virus remains a ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi health authorities on Monday reported a major surge in coronavirus infections in the Arab country. “COVID-19 infections rose by 30 percent compared to previous waves of the pandemic,” Riyad Abdel-Amir, Public Health Director at the Health Ministry, said in statements carried by the state news agency. He, however, said that...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria has said it will reopen its border with Tunisia later this month after being closed for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It was decided to open the land border to the movement of vehicles and travelers as of July 15,” President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in a statement published […]...
LONDON (AA) – Health authorities in Argentina on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5. The ANLIS/Malbrán Institute detected the presence of the subvariant in a person who had returned from an international trip. According to local daily Infobae, the case was detected after the anal...
LONDON (AA) – As European countries experience a surge of new COVID-19 infections, the World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge has warned that COVID cases could soar throughout the summer and lead to more deaths. New COVID-19 cases have doubled in the last month across Europe. Kluge said that [&h...
