Group of 20 agree to increase clean energy but no deal on phasing out fossil fuels
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Climate: Most children in South Asia are exposed to extreme high temperatures, UNICEF says
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Experts say policymakers must learn from the impact of COVID-19 on older people
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In the period between March and December 2020, twice as many years of life were lost in the poorest areas of the country compared with the wealthiest. Ethnic inequalities were a feature across all waves of the pandemic, with rates of death highest among the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
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Panel: COVID-19 fueled human rights abuses in Asia, including China
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What to know about XBB.1.16, the 'Arcturus' variant
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Global COVID markers decline, but hot spots remain in Asia and the Mideast
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Though COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to decline over the past 4 weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking rises in two of its regions, South East Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. In its weekly update today, it also noted rises in individual countries in other parts of the world.
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WHO elevates XBB.1.16 to variant of interest as levels rise in US and other countries
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The World Health Organization (WHO) this week boosted the XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant to a variant of interest (VOI) from a variant under monitoring (VUM), based on the latest assessments from its technical advisory group on virus evolution.
The subvariant is fueling India's biggest surge in about 7 months, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported another jump in the proportion of XBB.1.16 viruses.
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Covid XBB.1.16 varient continues to spread in U.S. and elsewhere with new symptoms
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Red, itchy eyes have been reported in children infected with XBB.1.16, but adults may experience the symptom as well.
Fevers are higher than in previous COVID variants.
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Arcturus' COVID-19 Variant picks up speed, has a new symptom
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‘Arcturus,’ a highly transmissible COVID variant eyed by the WHO, appears to have a new symptom.
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