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Other Security News

• Letters to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia The White House 12 Oct 2022
• Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia The White House 12 Oct 2022
• New York, New Jersey Guard Practice CBRN Response Army News 12 Oct 2022 -- Six hundred New York and New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen honed their skills to respond to a terror attack or weapon of mass destruction incident Sept. 8-14 at Fort Indiantown Gap and Fort Drum in New York.
• 10th Homeland Response Force Guardsmen Cover CBRN Basics Army News 12 Oct 2022 -- Decontamination subject matter experts with the Washington National Guard's 10th Homeland Response Force conducted a two-day hazardous material familiarization course for active-duty Soldiers with the 153rd Medical Detachment (Blood Support), 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, Sept. 22-23.
• WHO supports Uganda Ebola response, faces challenges fighting Haiti cholera outbreak UN News 12 Oct 2022 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his weekly press conference on global health challenges.
• Uganda, WHO to Try Two Vaccines for Rare Ebola Virus Strain VOA 12 Oct 2022 -- Uganda and the World Health Organization are planning to try out two vaccines for the Ebola Sudan virus to try and curb the spread of the rare strain. The virus has so far killed 19 people and infected at least 54 people in five districts in Uganda. After meetings in Kampala, the WHO's director general described the new outbreak as troubling.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 12 Oct 2022

China

• China doubles down on its zero-COVID policy ahead of party congress Radio Free Asia 12 Oct 2022 -- The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has doubled down on its leader Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy, with a key political communique ahead of the 20th party congress saying it must become "normalized."

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 219.09 Cr India PIB 12 Oct 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 219.09 Cr (2,19,09,69,572) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 12 Oct 2022

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 4 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 12 Oct 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,502 with 4 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 52,405 new COVID-19 cases, 37 deaths CNA 12 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan reported 52,405 new COVID-19 infections and 37 deaths from the disease Wednesday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
• COVID-19 drugs sufficient until year end after border opens: CECC CNA 12 Oct 2022 -- Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) on Wednesday dismissed concerns that antiviral drugs prescribed to people with COVID-19 will soon be in short supply after the country opens its borders Thursday.
• Taiwan revises COVID-19 advisories for overseas trips CNA 12 Oct 2022 -- A COVID-19 travel advisory against "nonessential travel abroad" will be lifted from Thursday, according to Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).