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NYC declares monkeypox public health emergency
Mayor Eric Adams and city Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan made the announcement in a joint statement late Saturday as a total of 1,383 monkeypox cases have been reported in New York State, reports Xinhua news agency. "New York City is currently the epicentre of the outbreak, and we estimate that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure," the statement read.
Biden's approval rate dips to new low: Poll
The survey revealed that 59 per cent of Americans disapprove of the job Biden is doing, the highest for him to date, reports Xinhua news agency. A follow-up question finds 45 per cent of Americans strongly disapprove of the veteran Democrat's performance, while only 13 per cent strongly approve.
China's uncontrolled 25-tonne rocket crashes down over Indian Ocean
The US Space Command confirmed in a tweet late on Saturday that China's Long March 5B (CZ-5B) rocket re-entered over the Indian Ocean at 12.45 p.m. China's Manned Space Agency said on the social media platform Weibo that the rocket ree-ntered near the same area around Sarawak and "most of it burned up on its way down".
Democrats clearly divided on Biden's Presidential Run in 2024
Democrats are becoming increasingly vocal in discouraging President Biden from seeking reelection in 2024, but there is disagreement about whether his making a one-term pledge could help the party before the elections this November, says the Washington Examiner in a special report.
Chinese dissident in prison sends wife 'suspect' letter
Zhang Haitao, an outspoken critic of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's treatment of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, is serving a 19-year jail term at Xinjiang's Shaya Prison for "incitement to subvert state power" and spying charges, RFA reported.
Biden tests positive for Covid-19 in 'rebound' case: Physician
White House physician Kevin O'Connor wrote in a memo on Saturday that the President Biden "has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well" but will reinitiate strict isolation procedures. "This being the case, there is no reason to reinitiate treatment at this time," he added.
Special court set to indict Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) booked Shehbaz and his sons Hamza and Suleman in November 2021 under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Anti Money Laundering Act, Geo News reported. Suleman Shehbaz is absconding in the UK. During the hearing on Saturday, property details of Suleman, who was declared a proclaimed offender in the multi-billion-rupee money laundering case, were submitted in the court, Geo News reported.
US monkeypox cases spike to 5,189
So far the US has the world's highest tally of monkeypox cases. Health experts said due to the testing bottlenecks across the country, cases are likely being undercounted, Xinhua news agency reported. While federal officials weigh a nationwide public health emergency declaration around the monkeypox outbreak, San Francisco and New York state began sounding the alarm on Thursday.
BA.5 sub-variant makes up over 80% new Covid cases in US
The sub-variant accounted for 81.9 per cent of the new infections in the week ending July 23, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying. Another new sub-variant, BA.4, accounted for 12.9 per cent of new infections, CDC data showed. The two contagious sub-variants now make up over 90 per cent of new infections in the US. Confirmed cases contracted by the two sub-variants have kept increasing since mid-May, CDC data showed.
1 in 5 people fear getting monkeypox in US: Report
The study also revealed that a large majority (69 per cent) knows that monkeypox usually spreads by close contact with an infected person. However, a quarter of those surveyed (26 per cent) are not sure whether that is true or false. "It is important that the public calibrate its concerns to the reality of the risk of Covid-19 and monkeypox and act appropriately," researcher Kathleen Hall Jamieson from the University of Pennsylvania, said in a statement.
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