occupational safety and health
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China Reports Record Number of COVID Cases With More Than 80 Million Locked Down
China reported 5,370 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, according to the country’s National Health Commission, the biggest one-day increase of the entire pandemic. The high case count comes as the province of Jilin and its 24 million people were placed into lockdown on Monday, with millions more in China under harsh restrictions.
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The U.S. Has Had a Million ‘Extra’ Deaths Since the Pandemic Began
Over a million more Americans than expected have died during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has found. An overwhelming majority of these excess deaths can be directly tied to the coronavirus, but others may be the result of increased fatalities from conditions indirectly worsened by the pandemic.
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We’re Not In the Pandemic ‘Endgame’ Yet, WHO Chief Warns
The head of the World Health Organisation is warning against pandemic hubris. On Monday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned that Omicron may not be the last important variant of the pandemic to appear and that talk of a pandemic “endgame” is still premature. At the same time, he was optimistic that this could be…
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White House Official Ridicules Idea of Sending Free N95 Masks to Everyone: Report
An unnamed senior official at the White House has mocked the idea of sending out free N95 masks to Americans because some people won’t wear them, according to a new report from Politico. The incident is reminiscent of when White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea of sending out free COVID-19 tests, before…