Following is a abstract of present well being information briefs.
Gay males, some trans individuals and intercourse staff must be vaccinated towards monkeypox, French well being physique says
France’s HAS well being authority on Friday really helpful widening the vaccination marketing campaign towards monkeypox, saying that these most uncovered to the danger of contracting the virus by way of sexual relations ought to obtain an innocculation. “Men who’ve sexual relationships with different males and trans individuals who have a number of sexual companions” must be vaccinated, the HAS mentioned, in addition to effectively as individuals engaged in prostitution or in any other case working in “sexual consumption areas”.
After backlash, Beijing drops COVID vaccination mandate for crowded venues
Beijing’s metropolis authorities has dropped plans to permit solely vaccinated individuals to enter crowded venues corresponding to libraries, cinemas and gymnasiums from Monday, following a powerful on-line backlash to the measure introduced earlier this week. The necessary requirement would have marked a uncommon transfer in China, the place the central authorities insists on voluntary vaccination and has rapidly overruled different makes an attempt by front-line officers to challenge obligatory vaccination directives.
Invasion of large African land snails places Florida on offensive
Hundreds of large African land snails have turned up on Florida’s Gulf Coast, officers mentioned on Friday, threatening to destroy an unlimited array of vegetation and bushes, and posing the danger of transmitting a uncommon kind of meningitis to people. The snail, native to East Africa, is without doubt one of the most damaging on the planet, consuming at the very least 500 various kinds of vegetation, tree bark, and even paint and stucco on homes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s web site mentioned.
Shanghai reopens cinemas however COVID dangers ‘comparatively excessive’
Shanghai reopened most cinemas on Friday, sticking to a plan of gradual resumption of each day actions after it lifted a two-month COVID-19 lockdown in June, whereas additionally attempting, like a number of different Chinese cities, to include resurgent infections. Seeking to keep away from a repeat of the ordeal that the industrial hub of 25 million suffered in April and May, Shanghai’s technique rests on frequent COVID testing, thorough contact tracing and remoted lockdowns of residential buildings and different venues.
Shanghai faces ‘comparatively excessive’ threat of additional COVID group unfold
China’s industrial hub Shanghai faces a “comparatively excessive” threat of additional group transmission of COVID-19, Lei Zhenglong, an official on the National Health Commission, mentioned on Friday. Shanghai reopened most cinemas on Friday, sticking to a plan of gradual resumption of each day actions after lifting a two-month COVID-19 lockdown in June, whereas additionally attempting, like a number of different Chinese cities, to include resurgent infections.
Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub
The Kenyan authorities and World Health Organization on Saturday launched a medical emergency hub in Nairobi, the primary in a community of African centres they are saying will hasten responses to regional emergencies. The facility will embody a coaching centre, home a cadre of execs that may reply to a medical emergency inside its first 24 hours and stockpiles of medical tools.
U.S. FDA grants full approval to Pfizer COVID vaccine for ages 12-15
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mentioned on Friday it has granted full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged between 12 and 15 years. The vaccine, bought underneath the model title Comirnaty for adults, has been out there underneath an emergency use authorization since May 2021 for the 12-15 age group. It will now be bought underneath the identical model title for adolescents as effectively.
China COVID monitoring app cuts journey historical past scrutiny
China’s nationwide authorities are decreasing scrutiny of residents’ journey historical past for COVID-19 monitoring, requiring {that a} necessary cellular app reveals the earlier seven days of journey, down from 14, an adjustment prone to increase home tourism. The app, whose title interprets to itinerary card, helped authorities to establish whether or not individuals visited areas with COVID infections, and to resolve whether or not they need to be examined for the virus or presumably positioned in quarantine.
Macau shuts casinos and different companies to include COVID outbreak
Macau will shut virtually all industrial and industrial companies together with its casinos for one week from Monday, as authorities race to curb a surge of COVID-19 infections on the planet’s greatest playing hub. Essential companies together with hotels, supermarkets and pharmacies will nonetheless stay open, metropolis officers mentioned as they introduced the measures at a press convention on Saturday.
Abbott says it has reopened Michigan child method plant
Abbott Laboratories has reopened its Sturgis, Michigan child method plant, which was shut final month resulting from heavy rains, an organization spokesperson informed Reuters on Saturday. Abbott resumed operations on July 1 and has began producing specialty child method EleCare.
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