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COVID-19 Pandemic News

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• Advocacy Groups Seek to Disqualify Trump Under Obscure Constitutional Provision VOA 21 Nov 2022 -- Following former President Donald Trump's announcement that he is running to regain the White House in 2024, left-leaning advocacy groups are mobilizing to block his candidacy under a little-known constitutional provision, based on his role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
• Stoltenberg Tells Sweden, Finland to Expand Anti-Terrorism Cooperation With NATO Sputnik 21 Nov 2022 -- Ankara has previously accused the two Nordic nations of harboring Kurdish rebel groups outlawed in Turkey and provided Stockholm and Helsinki with a list of people it wants extradited. This may prove a tough pill to swallow for Sweden, which has postured itself as a champion of human rights.
• WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics UN News 21 Nov 2022 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that can cause future outbreaks or pandemics, the UN agency announced on Monday.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

China

• China details rules on COVID testing, home quarantine to 'further explain 20 measures' for optimizing epidemic response Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- In the latest move to further optimize China's anti-epidemic measures amid surging cases, the joint prevention and control mechanism team of the State Council on Monday outlined four documents with detailed regulations on nucleic acid testing, classification of risk areas, home quarantine and home health monitoring, which experts said are aimed to guarantee scientific and precise implementation of the country's dynamic zero-COVID policy.
• China details new rules on nucleic acid testing, risk area classification and home quarantine time Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- When there is no outbreak, no venue should be identified as risk area and mass nucleic acid testing should not be carried out, according to the latest guidelines released by the joint prevention and control mechanism team of the State Council on Monday in a move to further optimize the country's anti-epidemic measures amid surging cases.
• Beijing facing most complicated, severest anti-epidemic situation since COVID-19 outbreak Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- Beijing is facing the most complicated and severest anti-epidemic situation since the outbreak of COVID-19, said Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) officials on Monday.
• Beijing reports two more COVID-19 deaths amid rising infections Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- China on Monday announced another two deaths from COVID-19 in Beijing amid rising daily infections and new control measures imposed across the capital city, bringing the total death toll to three since May.
• Shijiazhuang in N.China's Hebei announces mass nucleic acid screening in some areas; District in S.China's Guangzhou begins closed-loop management Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- Areas affected by the ongoing epidemic are adjusting their prevention and control policies, as Shijiazhuang in North China's Hebei Province announced Sunday that nucleic acid screening will be carried out in some areas of the city for five consecutive days starting Monday.
• Cities endeavor to curb flare-ups with optimized COVID measures Global Times 21 Nov 2022 -- Several Chinese cities are battling grim COVID-19 flair-ups with rising infection cases, however, guided by the newly rolled-out 20 optimized COVID-response measures, localities are striving to minimize the impact of epidemic prevention and control brought to people's lives and economic activity, with a marathon being held in Chengdu on Sunday as scheduled.
• Chinese mainland reports 2,277 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 21 Nov 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 2,277 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Monday.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 1 more Iranian over past 24 hours IRNA 21 Nov 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,627 with one more Iranian killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Monday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan's domestic COVID-19 cases drop to lowest in 207 days CNA 21 Nov 2022 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 11,915 new COVID-19 infections, all but 27 of which were locally transmitted, and 41 deaths from the disease on Monday.