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Singapore Threatened to Be Overwhelmed by Corona, Taliban Cooperate with China

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Government officials Singapore warned that the country’s healthcare system is at risk of being “overwhelmed” by a spike in infections corona virus.

Earlier on Wednesday (20/10), Singapore’s Ministry of Health reported 18 deaths in a day — total Singapore’s highest death rate in one day — and 3,862 new cases COVID-19, just shy of a record 3,994 cases the day before.

“In the current situation, we face a huge risk of the healthcare system being overwhelmed,” said Lawrence Wong, co-chair of the government’s task force against COVID-19, before the new figures were released. AFP, Thursday (10/21/2021).

In addition to this news, here are international news that will attract readers’ attention detik.com, today, Thursday (21/10/2021):

– Angry, North Korea Accuses US of Double Standards on Ballistic Missile Tests

Government North Korea (North Korea) angry and accusing United States of America conduct “double standards” on weapons testing. This was reported by North Korean state media after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the matter.

Pyongyang fires a new type ballistic missile which was launched from a submarine (SLBM) on Tuesday (19/10) local time. The test was the latest in a series of missile tests in recent weeks. This prompted the US and British governments to hold a diplomatic meeting in New York.

However, a spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the test was not aimed at the United States and was conducted “solely for national defense”.

“So there is no need for the US to worry or trouble itself over the firing test,” the spokesman said in a statement carried by North Korea’s official news agency. KCNA and reported by the news agency AFP, Thursday (10/21/2021).

– Global Corona Declines But In fact it continues to rise in Europe, this is the reason

World Health Organization (WHO) states that the case COVID-19 in Europe has increased for three consecutive weeks. The UN health agency also called for caution as work, travel and recreational activities return to normal.

As reported CNBC.com, Thursday (10/21/2021), Europe is the only region among the six WHO member states where cases of COVID-19 increasing, the researchers wrote in a WHO epidemiological update published Tuesday (19/1) local time. There are more than 1.3 million cases of infection corona virus reported across the continent during the week ending Sunday (17/10), jumped 7% from the previous seven days.

“That’s three weeks of progressive improvement,” says Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme, in a Q&A broadcast on social media channels WHO.

“So while the overall global curve looks like it’s on a downward slope, Europe has been up for the third week in a row.”

India has given 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine for its citizens

Authority India have given a billion doses COVID-19 vaccine for its citizens as of this Thursday (21/10).

This was announced by the Indian Ministry of Health, half a year after the massive spike in infection cases corona virus which nearly collapsed the health system.

As reported by the news agency AFP, Thursday (10/21/2021), according to the government India, about three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have received their first dose and about 30 percent have either been fully vaccinated or received two doses.

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