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• Director Wray Speaks with Government and Private Sector Leaders at World Economic Forum FBI 19 Jan 2023 -- FBI Director Christopher Wray attended the World Economic Forum, an annual gathering of business, government, and law enforcement leaders, in Davos, Switzerland, this week.
• Imprisoned Cartel Leader El Chapo Calls on AMLO to Save Him From 'Psychological Torment' Sputnik 19 Jan 2023 -- Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán is currently serving a life sentence in Colorado's Supermax prison for multiple charges including drug trafficking, money laundering, and weapon charges.
• Japan Detects New Bird Flu Outbreak, Will Cull Another 450,000 Chickens Sputnik 19 Jan 2023 -- A new outbreak of bird flu has been detected in the Japanese prefecture of Gunma and the culling of 450,000 chickens has already started, Japanese news agency reported on Thursday, citing the data of the local administration.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 19 Jan 2023

China

• China could see 36,000 COVID deaths a day during Lunar New Year holiday Radio Free Asia 19 Jan 2023 -- China could see as many as 36,000 deaths a day over the Lunar New Year holiday period as millions of people travel to their ancestral homes to spend time with loved ones, a U.K.-based research firm said in a computer-modeled prediction of the impact of the current COVID-19 wave sweeping the country.
• Xi on COVID-19 response: light of hope right ahead People's Daily 19 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked about the country's COVID-19 response, saying the light of hope is right ahead.
• China passes peaks of COVID waves Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- With millions of Chinese people making journeys back to their hometowns in recent days, most Chinese megacities have already passed the peak of their COVID waves, some public health experts said. They also believed that the Spring Festival travel rush won't trigger a large-scale epidemic resurgence, but small-scale outbreaks in some areas, especially in remote rural areas, are highly likely as the most important holiday for Chinese people gets underway.
• Anti-epidemic work in rural areas stressed during Spring Festival holiday Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- Chinese health authorities reiterated the importance of anti-epidemic work in rural areas at a press conference on Thursday as the country is preparing to celebrate the 2023 Chinese New Year, amid concerns about outbreaks in these places with large numbers of people returning from cities.
• Domestic Omicron-specific vaccines ready for review: Sinopharm Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- China's leading pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) revealed that it has developed four potential Omicron-specific candidate vaccines, as experts call for quicker approval of such candidates, highlighting risk of surging cases during holiday.
• Vaccines against COVID-19 mutant strains should be approved as soon as possible: former head of Chinese CDC Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- Vaccines against the mutant strains of COVID-19 should be approved for use as soon as possible, said Gao Fu, former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in response to the public's concerns about the epidemic situation in China.
• Vaccines against COVID-19 mutant strains should be approved as soon as possible: former head of Chinese CDC Global Times 19 Jan 2023 -- Vaccines against the mutant strains of COVID-19 should be approved for use as soon as possible, said Gao Fu, former head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in response to the public's concerns about the epidemic situation in China.
• Xi on COVID-19 response: light of hope right ahead People's Daily 19 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday talked about the country's COVID-19 response, saying the light of hope is right ahead.
• Drugmakers, govt units at full throttle to meet demand People's Daily 19 Jan 2023 -- With the nation constantly optimizing COVID-19 prevention measures, drugmakers in China are ramping up production and distribution to help in the recovery from COVID impacts as quickly as possible to answer the government's call to ensure anti-epidemic medical supplies amid soaring demand.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 2 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 19 Jan 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,730 with two more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 18,414 new COVID-19 cases, 48 deaths CNA 19 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan reported 18,414 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 deaths from the disease on Thursday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).