Vaccination of people working or deployed in care homes: operational guidance, DHSC (updated 16th August 2021)
From 11 November 2021, anyone working or volunteering in a care home will need to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19), unless exempt.
16 August 2021Added translations of the guidance in Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish (Sorani), Nepali, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Polish, Romanian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukranian and Urdu.
5 August 2021Added HTML version. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Colony of shy Albanian pelicans flourishes during pandemic
The pandemic has brought one good thing to western Albania’s Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The New York Times published full-page ad organized, produced and paid by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of the World Value Network accusing...
DUBAI: This week, The New York Times ran a full page ad that condemned part-Palestinian models Gigi and Bella Hadid and British-Albanian... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Albania starts mass COVID vaccinations before tourist season
Albania has started a mass inoculation campaign ahead of the summer tourism season after acquiring 192,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinovac earlier this week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
World's wurst burglar: half-eaten sausage helps German police solve nine-year-old burglary
Inquiry into 2012 burglary is revived after French police turn up a DNA match for unrelated crimeGerman police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary case after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a man detained in France over an unrelated crime.Police in the western town of Schwelm said on Thursday the sausage belonged to the victim, and the suspect – a 30-year-old Albanian citizen – appeared to have helped himself to a bite during the break-in in Gevelsberg in March 2012.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Staff and agencies Tags: Forensic science Germany Europe France Source Type: news
Facebook calls on Albanian parties to be transparent in ads
Facebook says that Albanian political parties should be transparent on how they finance their political advertising on its pages (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
We Need a Global Coordinated Effort to Secure Equal Access to Safe & Effective Vaccines
A healthcare worker at a testing facility collects samples for the coronavirus at Mimar Sinan State Hospital, Buyukcekmece district in Istanbul, Turkey. Credit: UNDP Turkey/Levent KuluBy Ilze Brands KehrisGENEVA, Jan 18 2021 (IPS) A year into the COVID-19 crisis, countries across the globe continue to face alarming levels of pressure on their health and social services. Education and other essential rights, such as water and sanitation, have been severely compromised.
Inequalities and poverty have further deepened with devastating impact on the most vulnerable and marginalised individuals and communities. Many other right...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 18, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ilze Brands Kehris Tags: Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Peace TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Albania carries out 1st vaccinations with donated doses
Albania's prime minister is among the first in his country to receive a COVID-19 vaccine donated by an undisclosed European Union country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Albanians hold a peaceful protest over police shooting
The first peaceful protest in Albania’s capital over the fatal shooting of a man by police enforcing a coronavirus curfew has quickly faded away following a strong police warning to avoid illegal gatherings (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Epidemiological trends of severe burns, 2009-2019: a study in the service of burns in Albania - Filaj VH, Belba MK.
INTRODUCTION: Statistical and epidemiological data taken throughout decades show trends of the pathology of burns and its treatment. The aim of this study is to analyze the summarized epidemiological and clinical data of severe burn patients during the per... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Call for Urgent Action by 275 World Leaders on Global Education Emergency In Face of Covid19
Credit: UNICEF Mali / DickoBy External SourceNEW YORK, Aug 18 2020 (IPS) We write to call for urgent action to address the global education emergency triggered by COVID-19. With over 1 billion children still out of school because of the lockdown, there is now a real and present danger that the public health crisis will create a COVID generation who lose out on schooling and whose opportunities are permanently damaged. While the more fortunate have had access to alternatives, the world’s poorest children have been locked out of learning, denied internet access, and with the loss of free school meals – once a lifelin...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Economy & Trade Education Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Source Type: news
Coronavirus live news: Victoria in Australia adds 303 cases as restrictions tighten in Europe
Australian death toll stands at 379; France removed from UK travel corridor; Greece and Croatia impose midnight curfew on bars and restaurantsFrance could add British visitors to quarantine list after UK measuresUK adds France to Covid-19 14-day quarantine list‘Critical moment’: Spain sees cases rise againUS coronavirus death toll ‘to hit 200,000 by Labor Day’4.22amBSTHere is a little more on those New Zealand numbers:New Zealand reported seven new cases of coronavirus up to Saturday morning after a lockdown in Auckland was extended.Related:New Zealand coronavirus: seven new cases confirmed3.59amBSTFor an overview ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Michael McGowan Tags: World news Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Source Type: news
Analysis of road safety on the secondary road network in Albania - Lluri L, Golgota A.
Fatal and injury accidents increase as traffic congestion increases. Congestion is a well- known traffic problem, in particular on motorways. On the secondary road network, the same problem arises when traffic volume increases. To evaluate the effect of co... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Religion & the Pandemic: A Call Beyond the Here & Now
Religions for Peace Interreligious Council of Albania distributing Covid relief supplies from the Multi-religious Humanitarian Fund. Credit: Erzen CarjaBy Prof. Azza KaramNEW YORK, Aug 4 2020 (IPS) — I have never been interested in religion or spirituality before, but I found myself tuning in to all sorts of on-line religion and spirituality related forums “in search of something.”
These are the words of a 30-something single young, middle class man (born into a Protestant-Catholic family background) in a European country.
The latter is known more for turning several churches into museums or shopping centers, p...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Azza Karam Tags: Civil Society Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity Religion TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
The Latest: Albania open to tourists, reports more cases
Albania has reported 4,008 confirmed coronavirus cases and 111 total deaths since the pandemic began in the country (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
