Pope Francis asks aide to read ceremonial speech due to bronchitis
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, said he delegated the reading of a speech at a ceremony on Saturday to an aide because he was unable to read it due to bronchitis. “I have prepared a speech but as you can see I am unable to read it because of […]
Healthcare under pressure: WHO sees “incredibly low” COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge
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Seasonal flu reports hit record lows amid global social distancing
Beijing, ChinaReuters Global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases. In China, where the earliest wide-scale lockdown measures began, new reports of diseases including mumps, measles and some sexually transmitted diseases, have […]