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UK Nurses Launch Two-Day Strike over Inflation and Cost of Living
Thousands of nurses, members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union, protest inflation and the cost of living in the UK. They will strike for 12 hours over a period of 2 days and stage a demonstration in front of the hospitals and the…
Drug shortage remains in France
France is currently experiencing shortages of certain drugs such as paracetamol and amoxicillin. Pharmacists have had difficulties obtaining drugs and have reported delays in delivery since the end of last year.
According to the…
New Covid-19 wave hits Lebanon
Firas Abiad, Lebanon's caretaker Health Minister, warned on Thursday against the remarkable daily increase in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past week, urging citizens to take serious precautions to avoid infection. According to…
Covid-19 test results of Thai King and Queen come out positive
Thai Royal Office announced that the Covid-19 tests of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida came out positive. The queen and the king are having mild symptoms and their treatment continues.
The two had visited Princess…
First ever Libyan-Turkish hospital to serve war-torn public
The Libyan-Turkish Hospital, which opened on November 28 in Misrata, Libya, assists the health system's survival after years of civil war in the country. The hospital has 13 clinics, 4 operating rooms, a 120-bed capacity, and a fully…
Turkish Leukemia patient brought to Turkey from Germany for treatment
Ahmet Ali Kork, a Turkish citizen living in Leverkusen, Germany, was flown to Istanbul for treatment by a Ministry of Health ambulance plane as he suffers from leukemia. Ahmet’s wife Özlem Kork applied to the Consulate General of Turkey in…
Covid-19 measures protested in Xinjiang region in China
After the disaster in which 10 people lost their lives in a fire that broke out in a quarantined apartment in Urumqi, the center of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Region, on Thursday, Chinese people gathered in the square where the local…
heart surgery without power in Ukraine amid russian strikes
Ukraine is experiencing widespread power and water outages as a result of Russia's attack on energy infrastructure with 70 missiles yesterday. In a statement, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that 70% of the capital is without power and…
Pandemic measures protested in Guangzhou, China
The harsh measures taken to prevent the Covid-19 outbreak were protested in Guangzhou, China. According to the footages on social media, residents in the Haizhu district, who have been living under strict quarantine measures since November…
worlds largest medical technology expo, MEDICA, opens in Germany
The world's largest trade expo for medical technology, MEDICA, opened its doors on Monday in Dusseldorf, Germany, in collaboration with COMPAMED, the top global trade fair for medical technology suppliers. The two events will provide the…