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Measles cases worldwide almost double in a year – as England faces measles ’emergency’ | World News
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Measles cases nearly doubled globally between 2022 and 2023, researchers say. There were 321,582 cases worldwide in 2023 – an 88% increase from the previous year, when 171,153 cases were recorded. Total cases for 2024 look on track to at least match last year’s numbers, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Some countries could…
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Iceland braces for volcanic eruption: As state of emergency is declared, what is happening under the surface? | World News
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Iceland has been forged by the heat of the Earth’s core. The molten rock that now sits 800 metres below the fishing village of Grindavik is expected to reach the surface within days, the latest in a long history of eruptions. Around 4,000 inhabitants were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday after a swarm…
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COVID no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization says | UK News
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World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said COVID is no longer a global health emergency, marking a symbolic end to the pandemic. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.” “COVID-19…
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COVID may no longer be a global health emergency, but virus hasn’t disappeared into the background | UK News
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The declaration that COVID is no longer a global health emergency is an historic moment. It can be seen as an official declaration of the end of a pandemic that in three years killed nearly seven million people globally and made billions sick. In itself, it is a bureaucratic step. When the WHO declares a…
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Emergency alert test: Millions of phone users in UK receive message and loud alarm | UK News
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Tens of millions of mobile phone users have received a message and loud alarm during the first nationwide test of the government’s new public alert system. The distinct sound and vibration was accompanied by a message telling people about the service, which is designed to warn if there is a life-threatening emergency nearby. The alert…
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Emergency alert test happens today – here’s everything you need to know | Science & Tech News
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Tens of millions of phones will receive an emergency alert today as the government tests the system nationwide for the first time. At 3pm, a distinct sound and vibration will be accompanied by a message telling people a new service has launched that will “warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby”. It will last…
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Every phone in the UK will get an emergency alert next weekend – and this is what it’s going to say | UK News
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The government has released further details about next week’s UK-wide test of an emergency alert system. A message will appear alongside a loud alarm on millions of mobile phones at 3pm on 23 April. The text that will appear has now been revealed – and it will say: “This is a test of Emergency Alerts,…
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Date and time set for UK’s first nationwide test of emergency alert system | Science & Tech News
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A nationwide test of the UK’s emergency alert service will take place at 3pm on Sunday 23 April. Messages will pop up on mobile phones across the country, along with a sound and vibration that will stop automatically after 10 seconds. People will just need to tap “OK” or swipe away the notification like any…
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Emergency alerts: How they work in other countries – including a few times when it has gone wrong | Science & Tech News
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The UK is getting its own emergency alert system to warn people of any immediate public safety risks. It will see notifications sent to tens of millions of phones across the country whenever there is a threat to life, from extreme fires to severe flooding. Only the emergency services, government departments and other public bodies…
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India uses emergency powers to block BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi from being seen in the country | World News
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India says it has used emergency powers to block a BBC documentary about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from being shared online. The two-part programme – India: The Modi Question – questions Mr Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The first episode was broadcast in the UK on Tuesday, and while it did not…