WHO tracking new ‘mu’ coronavirus variant

The agency added the mu variant to its list of “variants of interest” on Monday. The mu variant “has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape,” the WHO said in its weekly bulletin.

Biblical Euphrates River Drying Threatening Humanitarian Disaster In Syria

Aid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster in northeast Syria as one of the Bible’s most famous rivers is drying up fast. The Euphrates, which is believed to have flown through the Biblical ‘Garden of Eden,’ now barely runs for almost 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) across Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.

WHO Seeks Global Digital Vaccination System

The World Health Organization (WHO) says its member states should roll out a universal digital information system to check if people are vaccinated against COVID-19.

New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far

A new coronavirus variant, C.1.2, has been detected in South Africa and a number of other countries, with concerns that it could be more infectious and evade vaccines, according to a new preprint study by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform. The study is awaiting peer review.

US: Economy Advanced 6.6% from April to June

The United States said Thursday its economy grew at an annualized 6.6% rate in the April-to-June period as the world’s largest economy continued its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

China Warns Of Counterattack Against Those Questioning Coronavirus Origins

China warned Wednesday it would retaliate with “a counterattack” against those questioning whether the coronavirus leaked from its labs after U.S. President Joe Biden indicated he would make public findings of an intelligence investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO Chief Wants Delay Of COVID Booster Jabs

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) demanded Monday a two-month moratorium on COVID-19 “booster shots” to reduce vaccine inequality.  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned wealthy nations for stockpiling vaccines as poorer countries struggle to administer coronavirus jabs to their people.

CDC adds Israel to high-risk COVID-19 travel advisory list

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has added Israel to the highest tier of a list of countries it claims Americans should avoid due to the “very high level” of COVID-19 infections there, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

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