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Mock hospital drills held as new Omicron variant suspected of causing highest number of infections since 2022

The country’s health ministry has been organising drills to see whether or not hospitals are prepared to deal with a major influx of patients

A woman in China has become the world’s first known human fatality from H3N8 bird flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people.

The WHO says the woman, who died in March, probably contracted the virus at a market and the risk of spread is low.

XBB.1.16 may not be just another run-of-the-mill Omicron, according to a prominent pediatrician in India.

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On World Health Day that falls on April 7, the World Health Organization celebrates 75 years of improving public health and well-being in the Southeast Asia region and globally, fully committed to achieving Health for All through universal health coverage (UHC) -- when all people can access the health services…

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