Vatican confirms plans for Belgium, Luxembourg trip after Pope cancels audiences due to illness
Vatican City AP The Vatican confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg later this week, despite having cancelled all his audiences Monday because of a “slight flu-like state”. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the cancellation only concerned Monday’s audiences. He spoke to reporters before the official start […]
Healthcare under pressure: WHO sees “incredibly low” COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge
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Australia’s COVID-19 lockdown also prevented about 400 deaths from other illnesses – research paper
Sydney, Australia Reuters Social distancing and lockdowns in Australia not only slowed the spread of COVID-19, they saved the lives of about 400 people who would have been expected to died in June from respiratory illnesses such as pneumonia, a research paper published on Monday showed. Examining Australia’s most recent official fatality data, the Actuaries […]
Seasonal flu reports hit record lows amid global social distancing
Beijing, China Reuters Global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases. In China, where the earliest wide-scale lockdown measures began, new reports of diseases including mumps, measles and some sexually transmitted diseases, […]