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South Africa secures ‘watershed’ finance deal to reduce coal reliance by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick November 3, 2021 The European Union, Germany, France, the UK, and the US have partnered to support South Africa’s climate action goals by helping finance the move from its heavy reliance on coal to cleaner …

Bay Area Health Expert Makes Grim Prediction About COVID-19 - YouTube

As the volume of travellers entering Canada through the U.S. has increased in recent weeks, public health officials are being placed at land borders to bolster screening for COVID-19.The Canadian border is pictured at the Peace Arch Canada border crossing in Surrey, B.C., in March. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)As the volume of travellers entering Canada…

The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays cancelled, beaches and bars closed and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test that could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak.People wearing protective masks are seen in San Diego, Calif, on Friday. (Bing Guan/Reuters)The U.S.…

A mass public health alert has been issued after a fruit picker flew into Queensland from Victoria while infectious with coronavirus.Key points:Contact tracing is underway for Virgin flights VA313, Melbourne to Brisbane, on June 1 and VA2905, Brisbane to Bundaberg, on June 2Health authorities say Bundaberg and Brisbane should be on high alert for infectionsThere is…

The United Nation's aviation agency has published a series of health recommendations for the pandemic-hit airline industry as it relaunches air travel. The International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines include mask wearing, temperature controls and disinfection of aircraft. The ICAO does not advocate leaving every other seat open to assure physical distancing, a restriction that the…

Health Canada says it has authorized the first COVID-19 serological test for use in the country to detect antibodies specific to the virus.Provincial health workers perform COVID-19 tests on residents of the remote First Nations community of Gull Bay, Ont. Health Canada has approved a serological test to detect antibodies specific to the virus. (David…

One of the effects of the coronavirus is that the mental health crisis is worsening among health care workers who are battling the pandemic. The world lost a frontline soldier in the battle against COVID-19. Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, a New York hospital medical director, became yet another casualty when she took her own life Sunday.…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare spending declines have more than offset the added costs of COVID-19 care, insurance executives and experts say, boosting U.S. health insurer profits. FILE PHOTO: Nurse Leah Silver cares for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the…

Updated / Sunday, 19 Apr 2020 22:47 The virtual G20 summit was chaired by Saudi Arabia (Pic: G20 Saudi Arabia/Twitter) Health ministers from the Group of 20 major economies discussed weaknesses in health systems that made the world vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak and other pandemics, a statement said after a virtual meeting today. The…