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Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health – WHO

India New Delhi medical waste

Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesday. The material potentially exposes health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and disease-causing germs, […]