As global weekly incidence continued to fall for the fifth week in a row, the decline is stalling in Europe, with French Public Health announcing an uptick in new cases after two months – mostly among the under 20 years cohort. In the WHO epi update last week, highest case numbers were reported by Japan, South Korea, the United States, Russia and China. Read more
In related news:
- An article in The Conversation: Imagining COVID is 'like the flu' is cutting thousands of lives short. It's time to wake up. Read more
- Last week CIDRAP reported on the ‘Massive global failure’ on the COVID-19 response as detailed by the Lancet Commission, which has proposed ‘the reorientation of governments, regulators, and institutions toward society as a whole’. The article also provides the WHO’s response to the report.
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