Health

London GP Manish Shah handed three life sentences for 90 sex offences against patients

Shah was jailed for a minimum of 15 years on Friday (PA) A GP who molested 24 women at his surgery has been handed three life sentences for 90 sex offences against female patients. Manish Shah, 50, who will serve at least 15 years behind bars, was branded a “master of deception” for persuading patients

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Saudi Arabia to Block Return of Expats Who Travel to China

Photo/ Associated Press Saudi Arabia will stop expatriates from returning to the kingdom if they travel to China in an effort to contain the outbreak of coronavirus. The kingdom banned citizens and expatriates from traveling to China, state-run Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi citizens violating the restrictions would be penalized, while expatriates wouldn’t be allowed

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Somalia Ministry Health and Civil Aviation Committee to Prevent Coronavirus Disease

Photo/ Somali Times Mogadishu, The Somali government has announced a panel of government agencies that will work to prevent the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic in China. The committee consisting of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Agency and Citizenship and Immigration has the focus of the people coming down from

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Somali Ministry of Health has once again sent letters to officials of the Yardimeli Hospital license to work in Mogadishu

Photo/ Somali Times / Dr Fowsia Abikar Nur Somalia’s Minister of Health, Dr Fowsia Abikar Nur, has once again sent letters to officials of the Yardimeli Hospital in Mogadishu, demanding them to prove and come up with a law that allows them to work in Somalia but did not respond. “The Ministry of Health is

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China confirms 425 deaths from new coronavirus

More than 20,400 confirmed cases of coronavirus reported so far, says China’s National Health Commission The death toll in China from the novel coronavirus outbreak climbed to 425, the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) said Tuesday. In a statement, the commission said it has so far received a total of 20,438 confirmed cases, adding a

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China says U.S. creating, spreading fear after virus outbreak

A man has his body temperature measured at a booth set up at an entrance to a shopping mall as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins The United States has taken actions that create and spread fear following a coronavirus outbreak

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Crackdown skin lightening creams fail? Banned cosmetics trade still thriving

River Road. A street that is ever bustling with lots of activity and booming businesses. Along this busy passage in Nairobi’s downtown area, the street is dotted with tens of cosmetics shops. Due to increased competition for customers, some stalls have their salespeople stand along corridors to waylay passers by to purchase cosmetics from their

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Kenyans flying abroad to die

Hands of a nurse administering an injection. Medically-assisted suicide is not legal in Kenya. TRAGIC STORY Diana Elga Akinyi drafted the epitaph just days before she chose to die to free herself from excruciating pain and the numbing effects of medicines. Long before she chose to die, Diana had had to bring herself to terms

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Chinese family diagnosed with virus in UAE, first known cases in Middle East

A traveller wears a mask at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country’s first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike A family from China’s central city of Wuhan staying in the United Arab Emirates has been diagnosed with the

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China extends holiday, businesses shut as virus toll rises to 81

A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the

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