カテゴリー: Health
Residents of Pir Koh say poor water provision and a dirty water tank led to 26 deaths, the majority among children under sevenTwo weeks ago, Ruqiyya Bibi fell sick. The two-year-old was vomiting constantly; her father, Mohammed Iqbal, took her to a bas…
As the virus returns, one frontline worker tells of her daily trials and triumphs in the fight to eradicate it for everSaima Hanif, 32, is one of Pakistan’s frontline health workers, part of a network of volunteers and low-paid women who are key in th…
Health ministry says symptoms match those of acute liver disease of ‘unknown origin’ found in almost 170 children worldwideThree children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious liver disease, the country’s health ministry has said, raising the global…
First case in a year sparks fears of new outbreak despite success of national programme to wipe out the diseasePakistan has confirmed its first case of polio after more than a year, damaging the country’s hopes of eradicating the virus. Health officia…
According to WHO analysis, figure for country is more than 4 million and not official tally of 520,000India has been accused of attempting to delay an effort by the World Health Organization to revise the global death toll from Covid-19 after its calcu…
Patients sick with non-Covid related illnesses are being kept away from hospitals as anger grows over failure to control OmicronSee all our coronavirus coverageJia Ruiling’s* father has been enduring severe pain since 17 March. He has late-stage stomac…
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in global ranking Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afgh…
Country steps up efforts to control a surge in coronavirus cases as it tries to maintain its zero Covid policy. Major cities such as Shenzhen and Changchun have been locked down as Covid cases hit a two-year high. Nearly 90% of new infections are in Ji…
Authorities adopt a zero tolerance policy in Shenzhen, imposing a lockdown and testing every resident three timesChina’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across …
‘Dynamic zero-Covid policy’ under scrutiny in region with highest death rate in developed world Staff meetings are often mundane affairs and rarely end in tears. But on Wednesday Ho Hiu-fai, the accident and emergency chief at Hong Kong’s Queen Elizabe…
Report warns that rise in support for conspiracy theories is fuelling recruitment for far rightSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than a quarter of people believe Covid-19 was likely to have been a biological weapon intentionally spread by the Chines…
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Sri Lankan beaches buried in pellets only ‘tip of the iceberg’ of environmental harm after analysis of nurdles from burning shipContainer ship accidents at sea should be considered the “oil spills of our time”, warned environmental organisations that f…
Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice“I don’t have any dreams for the future because every dream depends on money,” says Res…
Fully vaccinated New Zealanders and other eligible travellers from Australia will be the first people able to enter the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has announced it will reopen its border to visitors i…