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Quick Glance: COVID most likely emerged from a China lab leak, according to the US Department of Energy: reports
- The World Health Organization pledged in mid-February to do everything possible "until we get the answer" on COVID's origins.
- The determination, which was noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines' office, marks a shift by the Energy Department, which had previously stated that it was unsure how the virus emerged.
- The conclusion, reportedly based on new intelligence, is nonetheless significant because the department oversees a network of national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.
- According to the Journal, four US intelligence agencies believe COVID spread naturally, while two others are split.
Quick Glance: North Korea had a "explosive" fever outbreak following the first COVID case.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un described the large outbreak as a "grave sign of lapses in our anti-epidemic system," according to state television.
- North Korea announced Friday that it is facing a large outbreak of a "fever" with at least 350,000 patients, only 24 hours after claiming to have discovered its first COVID case.The Omicron form of COVID-19 was discovered in Pyongyang on Sunday, according to state-run media on Thursday.
- In response, the government established a "maximum emergency epidemic prevention system," according to official media.
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Quick Glance: The government will no longer provide free COVID-19 tests to Americans.
- On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, a USPS emblem adorns the back doors of United States Postal Service delivery vans as they go westbound along 20th Street from Stout Street and the main post office in downtown Denver.
- "Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile of tests," the ordering website states.
Quick Glance: How worried should we be about monkeypox?
- Monkeypox is a virus that causes symptoms such as fever and pains, as well as a unique bumpy rash.
- The current monkeypox outbreak, according to experts, is being shared through close, personal skin-on-skin contact with someone who has an active rash.
- Many, but not all, of those diagnosed in the current monkeypox outbreak are guys who have had sex with men, with instances in Spain related to a sauna in the Madrid region.
- There have also been cases in Canada and Australia, and a single case of monkeypox has been verified in Boston, with public health officials predicting that additional cases may emerge in the US.
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Quick Glance: But there's no need to worry: the first case of Affenpocken in Germany has been confirmed.
- When the man first noticed symptoms, he immediately sought medical attention, according to the reports.
- However, the Münchner Klinik provides a special preparation that has been approved in the EU for the treatment of affenpocken since early 2022.
- The second case involves a man from the Flämisch-Brabant region, according to Leuven Virologe Marc Van Ranst on Twitter.
- "Es war nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis Affenpocken auch in Deutschland nachgewiesen werden" said Bundesgesundheitsminister Karl Lauterbach.
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Quick Glance: Can a monkeypox outbreak spark another pandemic? What Vice President Joe Biden says
- According to Biden, the United States has enough small pox vaccine on hand to deal with the outbreak.
- Nonetheless, he advised people to exercise caution.
- President Joe Biden attempted to reassure Americans that the current monkeypox outbreak was unlikely to result in a Covid-19-style pandemic.
- The president struck a more cautious tone a day after telling reporters that the epidemic was "something everyone should be concerned about," and that if it "were to spread, it would be consequential."
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