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19 October 2022 Security News

Defense Logistics Agency's Expeditionary Team Supports Hurricane Ian Relief Efforts DoD News 19 Oct 2022 -- Less than 24 hours after the Federal Emergency Management Agency assignment dropped, the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution's Expeditionary Team advance team crew was on the road to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, arriving before daybreak Sept. 25. Additional DLA Distribution's deployable teams, DDXX as they are called, from San Joaquin, California, arrived the next day to set up a FEMA federal incident support base in preparation for Hurricane Ian's landfall.

Release of the President's National Biodefense Strategy US Dept. of State 19 Oct 2022 -- "Today the Administration is releasing its National Biodefense Strategy, which establishes a roadmap to help us plan for and protect against future biological threats, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate in origin."

Treasury Sanctions Transporters At Center of Sinaloa Cartel Poly-Drug Network US Treasury 19 Oct 2022 -- "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Juan Francisco Valenzuela Valenzuela and the Valenzuela Drug Trafficking Organization ("Valenzuela DTO"), among others, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14059. "

OSCE and UNODC deliver train-the-trainer course to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina's capabilities to disrupt terrorist financing OSCE 19 Oct 2022 -- A three-day train-the-trainer course focused on furthering the skills of officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to disrupt terrorist groups through the application of financial techniques concluded on 19 October 2022 in Vienna.

New Zealand strengthens terrorism laws to make country safer People's Daily 19 Oct 2022 -- The New Zealand government is strengthening counter-terrorism laws to make it harder for people who are known threats to undertake terrorist acts, Justice Minister Kiri Allan said on Wednesday.

Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people, and 'the world is not paying attention': Tedros UN News 19 Oct 2022 -- The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis in Ethiopia "the attention it deserves".

DAF COVID-19 Statistics - Oct. 19, 2022 US Air Force 19 Oct 2022
Readout of Meeting with Nation's Leading Clinical Societies on the Importance of Getting Americans Vaccinated and COVID-⁠19 Treatments this Fall and Winter The White House 19 Oct 2022
Over 14.8 mln U.S. children infected with COVID-19 People's Daily 19 Oct 2022 -- Over 14.8 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

Chinese mainland reports 204 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 19 Oct 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 204 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.

India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 219.41 Cr India PIB 19 Oct 2022 -- India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 219.41 Cr (2,19,41,43,525) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 19 Oct 2022

COVID-19 kills 4 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 19 Oct 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,531 with 4 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan reports 44,628 new COVID-19 cases, 42 deaths CNA 19 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan reported 44,628 new COVID-19 infections, including 27 imported cases, and 42 deaths from the disease Wednesday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taiwan to review EUA for Pfizer updated COVID vaccine soon: official CNA 19 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan is expected to review an application for emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech second-generation COVID-19 vaccine next week, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Victor Wang (王必勝) said Wednesday.

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