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Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak
Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak that it briefly struggled to contain but was then able ...Afghan hospital wards fill with children suffering from pneumonia
In a bitterly cold bedroom at the start of winter in Kabul, 22-year Maryam sat with her baby son bundled up in ...Uganda president lifts all Ebola-related movement restrictions
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni lifted all Ebola-related movement restrictions on Saturday, saying the East African country had made progress in curbing the ...Chinese cities ease COVID curbs as virus keeps spreading
Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an ...China softens tone on COVID severity after protests
China is softening its tone on the severity of COVID-19 and easing some coronavirus restrictions even as its daily case toll hovers ...Chinese authorities seek out COVID protesters
Chinese authorities have begun inquiries into some of the people who gathered at weekend protests against COVID-19 curbs, three people who were ...Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as anger over China’s COVID curbs mounts
Crowds of demonstrators in Shanghai shouted and held up blank sheets of papers early on Sunday evening, as protests flared in China ...Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicentre’s quarantine for 21 days
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola outbreak by ...WHO: ‘Concerned’ about Ebola spread as latest eight cases not contacts of others infected
The eight most recent Ebola cases reported during the outbreak in Uganda have no known links with current patients, the World Health ...One child a minute being admitted for malnutrition treatment in Somalia: UNICEF
One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths ...