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16 November 2022 Security News

Political Repercussions Grow Over Turkey Bombing VOA 16 Nov 2022 -- The political and diplomatic fallout is growing after Sunday's bombing in Istanbul. Turkey blames Kurdish militants backed by the United States for the attack, which comes months before elections.
Second U.S.-ROK Working Group Meeting on the DPRK Cyber Threat US Dept. of State 16 Nov 2022 -- Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Dr. Jung Pak and Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for North Korean Nuclear Affairs Lee Taewoo led the second U.S.-ROK Working Group Meeting on the DPRK Cyber Threat on November 16 in Seoul.

Suspect of Involvement in Terrorist Attack in Istanbul Detained in Syria - Reports Sputnik 16 Nov 2022 -- Turkish security forces detained a suspect in Syria in connection with the terrorist attack on Istiklal Street in Istanbul, which claimed the lives of six people, A Haber broadcaster reported.

Doses of Ebola candidate vaccines expected to be shipped to Uganda next week: WHO UN News 16 Nov 2022 -- Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday.

New variants drive up COVID-19 infections in U.S. as vaccination rate lags People's Daily 16 Nov 2022 -- New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases in the United States in the past week, while health officials have been urging the public to take an updated booster dose.
U.S. weekly flu cases, hospitalizations, deaths double for 2nd week in a row People's Daily 16 Nov 2022 -- Weekly flu cases, hospitalizations and deaths have nearly doubled for the second week in a row in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday, citing data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least 11 Beijing districts offer inhalable vaccine for COVID-19 booster doses Global Times 16 Nov 2022 -- At least 11 districts in Beijing including Chaoyang, Xicheng and Haidian opened appointments to the public for inoculations using China's first aerosolized adenovirus vector vaccine for booster doses starting on Tuesday.
China's 20 optimized measures a refinement on previous effective measures against COVID-19: health official Global Times 16 Nov 2022 -- China's 20 optimized measures for combating COVID-19 are the optimization and improvement of the ninth version of the epidemic prevention and control plan, which has withstood the test of the epidemic and achieved remarkable results, head of China's top health authorities said on Wednesday.
'Malicious' anti-lockdown comments on live stream prompt Xinjiang police probe Radio Free Asia 16 Nov 2022 -- Chinese authorities in Xinjiang are investigating three men after internet users "maliciously flooded" a live-streamed government press conference with comments critical of COVID-19 restrictions in the regional capital, Urumqi, according to the regional internet regulator.

COVID-19 kills 2 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 16 Nov 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,615 with two more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan reports 22,692 new COVID-19 cases, 69 deaths CNA 16 Nov 2022 -- Taiwan reported 22,692 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, all but 61 of which were locally transmitted, and 69 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

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