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The World Health Organization says that Europe and Central Asia could see another half a million deaths by February next year. SOUNDBITE from Director of WHO Europe Hans Kluge
While scientists and public health experts expend laserlike focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, another scourge is slowly marching forth. According to Business Insider, experts say bacterial infections are in the process of becoming a COVID-19-level threat. The CDC says nearly 3 million Americans per year contract an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Of those, roughly 35,000 die. At current rates, the WHO estimates that around 10 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant infections annually by 2050. What's more, the pandemic has shown how unprepared the US health system is to handle the growing threat of bacterial infections. Many scientists are pinning their hopes on phages, a type of virus that can target and kill specific kinds of bacteria.
Images of skyline in the eastern district of Shanghai as millions of people in China's financial hub are confined to their homes on Monday. The eastern half of the city goes into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest Covid outbreak. IMAGES
Images show the Ramada Hotel in Schiphol, Netherlands where Europe's highest number of people so far with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 are being kept in isolation. IMAGES
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
Tokyo, Oct 12 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo recorded 77 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the fourth straight day marking under 100 cases, after the Japanese government lifted the COVID-19 state of emergency in 19 prefectures including Tokyo. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA). SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS WALKED ACROSS A CROSSWALK AT SHIBUYA IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
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