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From crisis to catastrophe: China’s potential 65 million COVID cases per week by June

adminMay 30, 2023May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

China’s COVID-19 situation is teetering on the brink of a precipice. The populous nation is potentially staring down an unprecedented spike of 65 million cases per week by June, escalating global concerns and prompting urgent deliberation on the pandemic’s trajectory. With the ominous cloud of the pandemic hanging over the......

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World in a better place after four years of pandemic – WHO

EditorJanuary 5, 2023

January 5, 2023

With the beginning of the fourth year of the Coronavirus pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), expressed his optimism for the end of the pandemic in 2023. During a press conference held today at WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, Dr. Ghebreyesus indicated that COVID-19 was on......

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Smoking rates in Germany have increased since the start of the pandemic

EditorAugust 29, 2022

August 29, 2022

There has been a marked rise in the number of smokers in Germany since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a long-term study conducted in the country. In the ongoing German Survey on Smoking Behaviour (DEBRA), more than one-third (34.5%) of people aged 14 and older smoke. This......