Though COVID-19 cases continue to decline globally, they rose last week for the third week in a row in Africa and the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest weekly pandemic update.Amid a US case increase, 16 major healthcare societies today called on federal officials to extend the country's public health emergency.Infections caused by Omicron subvariantsOverall, global cases declined 12% compared with the previous with, with deaths down 25%.

Both levels have been dropping since the end of March.The WHO said more than 3.5 million cases were reported last week, along with more than 12,000 deaths.

The WHO has urged caution, however, in interpreting COVID-19 patterns due to decreased testing as many countries ease back on their COVID-19 testing and surveillance.The five countries that reported the most cases were the United States, Australia, Germany, Italy, and South Korea.

The WHO added that a sharp spike in Australia's cases is due to revised case numbers from those confirmed by rapid tests.In the Americas, cases were up 14% compared to the previous week, similar to the rise reflected in last week's update, and in Africa, cases rose 12%, smaller than the 31% rise reported last week.

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Stocks close just above bear market after turbulent day

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COVAX urges better vaccine rollout lower-income countries

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Vaccination after infection may cut risk of long COVID-19

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Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid as First Minister says she is suffering 'mild symptoms'

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Oz, McCormick prepare for recount in Pennsylvania GOP Senate race

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North Korea's bizarre advice to citizens telling them to drink tea if they catch Covid

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Friday's headlines: Putin's failing health and Scots islanders stranded

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School District of Philadelphia joins growing list of schools reimposing mask mandates

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Summer electricity bills: Average US household expected to spend nearly 1% more this year

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Presence of BA.2.20 in Ontario doesn’t warrant significant concern: experts

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Govt raises flag over drop in covid vaccination

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What is monkeypox? Scientists stunned by cases in US, Europe

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Ontario COVID numbers: 1,165 people in hospital, 163 in intensive care

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Manitoba’s top doc to provide COVID-19 update Friday

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The people eligible for the autumn Covid booster jab

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No proof of foreign travel required for those seeking booster covid shot: Govt

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Over 60% of 15-18 year olds fully vaccinated against covid-19: Mandaviya

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Canada confirms first 2 cases of monkeypox in Quebec

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Most of Delaware Valley in CDC's high COVID transmission category

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7,800 community cases; 401 hospitalisations; 14 in ICU; 17 deaths

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Lower Merion School District reimposes indoor mask mandate after CDC elevates COVID risk

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Boeing's Starliner capsule blasts off on space station test flight – again

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Most 'long COVID' patients were not initially hospitalized with the infection, study finds

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CDC recommends Pfizer COVID boosters for kids ages 5 to 11

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COVID-19 deaths rise as hospitalizations drop in Manitoba

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Eric Clapton tests positive for COVID, cancels shows

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Govt shifts focus as covid cases stay low

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Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in first wave of COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic.Coroner Géhane Kamel says the provincial government, the local health authority and the owners of the Herron care home “passed the ball around” while residents were left to die.She spoke to reporters Thursday for the first time since releasing her report earlier this week on her investigation into 53 deaths at several long-term care homes — including Herron — during the pandemic’s first wave. Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care Kamel says her mandate wasn’t to blame specific people but to make recommendations so that a similar situation doesn’t reoccur.Her report says residents of Quebec long-term care homes were kept in a blind spot while the provincial government reacted to the oncoming wave of the novel coronavirus in the spring of 2020.

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Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn Denies Rumor She 'Faked' COVID To Skip Reunion -- But Are You Buying This Response?!

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Ukrainian soldiers feed pets left behind in Kharkiv after neighborhood evacuated

KHARKIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian defense volunteers were captured feeding family pets left behind in Kharkiv after their owners were forced to evacuate amid Russia’s ongoing war in the country. In a video shared on May 17, 2022, the service members are seen in the residential neighborhood of Saltivka feeding several cats. This particular neighborhood has been "heavily shelled" during the Russian assault, according to freelance journalist Sergio Olmos, who captured the footage. "Ukrainian territorial defense volunteers have been coming to look after the pets of families who evacuated," Olmos wrote in a tweet.During the video, a voice describes one of the cats as being "expensive" compared to the others. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city that is located near the Russian border, has undergone weeks of intense shelling.

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‘Strong possibility’ of 17 monkeypox cases in Montreal area, health officials say

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Buffalo mass shooting suspect wore hazmat suit to school, claimed he'd stabbed cat

Payton Gendron in the school yearbook (Photo via Fox News Digital) BUFFALO, N.Y. - The 18-year-old accused of allegedly killing 10 people and wounding three others in the Buffalo, New York grocery store shooting on May 14 that officials say is racially motivated wore a hazmat suit to class when his high school returned from its in-person learning pause due to COVID-19, yearbook pictures obtained by Fox News Digital show.Officials said that the 18-year-old, later identified as Payton Gendron, a White male, chose the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo as the location for his alleged attack because it was located in a predominantly Black neighborhood, as he allegedly stated in his manifesto that the area's demographic breakdown has the "highest black percentage that is close enough to where I live."When Gendron and his classmates returned to Susquehanna Valley High School in Conklin, New York, after the school paused in-person learning during a portion of the COVID-19 pandemic, those around home noticed odd behavior and rebellious signs.BUFFALO GROCERY STORE SHOOTING: SUSPECT WORKED AT HOMETOWN MARKET IN MONTHS BEFORE 'RACIALLY-MOTIVATED' ATTACKOne of Gendron's classmates, Nathan Twitchell, told The New York Times that he wore a hazmat suit to class following the resumption of in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. "He wore the entire suit: boots, gloves, everything," Twitchell said.Payton Gendron in a hazmat suit.

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CDC panel to weigh Pfizer COVID-19 booster for kids 5 to 11

COVID-19 booster shot for children ages 5 to 11, a group that is only about 30% vaccinated so far. Earlier this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the booster doses, made by Pfizer-BioNTech, for healthy, elementary-age kids.

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HKPR health unit hosting vaccination clinics for Ukrainian refugees

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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