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Health Check is coming up after the news with me, Claudia Hammond. This week, there's been more encouraging news on the covid vaccine in front but there're other vital vaccinations been neglected because of the pandemic. We are hearing why millions of children are missing out on measles jabs and the risk of large measles outbreaks is rising and the hidden injury sustained by women living in low-income countries who have to walk miles to fetch water every day. All're coming up in Health Check after the BBC news.
BBC news with Fiona McDonald
Ethiopia has denied that its troops are targeting civilians during its military campaign to quell rebellion in the northern Tigray Region. Ethiopian forces say they are continuing their advance, but Tigray's leaders say its troops have been fighting back.
Schools in New York City will close temporarily on Thursday, eight weeks after they reopened. Officials feel that a second wave of coronavirus has arrived in their city. Pupils will be schooled remotely.
The World Health Organisation says it will cost more than 2 billion dollars to vaccinate 20% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against covid-19. The Pan American Health Organisation says it aims to deploy at least 2 billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2021.
The Trump Campaign are seeking a partial recount of votes in two counties in the State of Wisconsin which President-Elect Job Bidden is projected to have won. They alleged the absentee ballots were altered and inappropriately issued. And voter identity laws were sidestepped.
A judge in New York has agreed to waiver drug charges against the former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos following a request from Trump Administration. Prosecutors said the case had revealed sensitive foreign policy considerations.
Rising Winter temperatures on the northern hemisphere have been linked to increased levels of deaths by drowning. Researchers say that Winter ice on lakes and rivers is becoming thinner due to global warming. During warmer Winters, death by drowning is five times higher.
And the Yazidi religious community in Iraq has enthroned its new spiritual leader. Hundreds of members of the community attended as Ali Alyas was raised to the rank of Baba Sheikh in the great temple of Lalish in northern Iraq. The Yazidi suffered intense and violent persecution by the Islamic State Group. |
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