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• Britain, U.S. Jointly Announce Sanctions Against Seven Russians Over Cybercrime RFE/RL 09 Feb 2023 -- Britain and the United States have announced sanctions against seven Russians accused of running a notorious hacking gang that launched ransomware attacks against businesses, schools, and hospitals in both countries and elsewhere in the world.
• Taking Joint Action Against Cybercriminals US Dept. of State 09 Feb 2023 -- The United States and the United Kingdom are taking coordinated action today targeting cybercriminals who launched assaults against our critical infrastructure. We will continue to work with the United Kingdom and with other international partners to expose and disrupt cybercrime emanating from Russia.
• United States and United Kingdom Sanction Members of Russia-Based Trickbot Cybercrime Gang US Treasury 09 Feb 2023 -- Today, the United States, in coordination with the United Kingdom, is designating seven individuals who are part of the Russia-based cybercrime gang Trickbot. This action represents the very first sanctions of their kind for the U.K., and result from a collaborative partnership between the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.K.'s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office; National Crime Agency; and His Majesty's Treasury to disrupt Russian cybercrime and ransomware.
• UK cracks down on ransomware actors UK FCDO 09 Feb 2023 -- The UK has sanctioned 7 Russian cyber criminals through coordinated actions with the US government.
• ISIL terror threat still high and increasing in conflict zones, Security Council hears UN News 09 Feb 2023 -- Despite leadership losses and diminished cash reserves, the extremist group ISIL, or Da'esh, continues to pose a threat to international peace and security, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned on Thursday in New York.
• UK remains committed to global fight against terrorism as threat from Daesh and its affiliates continues to grow: UK Statement at UN Security Council UK FCDO 09 Feb 2023 -- Statement delivered by Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the UN Security Council briefing on counter terrorism
• UK and Italy agree to deepen cooperation in space and cyber domains UK MOD 09 Feb 2023 -- Defence Ministers agreed to work together to support Ukraine, as NATO partners. Further collaboration will take place through shared projects like the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP)

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• UN General Assembly hears call for worldwide pandemic warning system UN News 09 Feb 2023 -- Epidemiologists and researchers briefing the UN General Assembly in the first of its kind science session earlier this week, called for pathogen surveillance and an open-source global early warning system that would include data from a wide range of sources and streams.

China

• New wave of mass COVID infections 'unlikely to occur' in coming months Global Times 09 Feb 2023 -- Chinese health officials and experts said on Thursday that the nationwide COVID-19 situation has generally become stable. Although a new wave of mass infections is unlikely to occur in the coming months, schools and rural areas will be the next priority for epidemic control.
• Analysis of COVID-19 samples in Beijing reflects no novel variants emerged during China's recent outbreak: research Global Times 09 Feb 2023 -- The sequencing of new COVID-19 samples in Beijing taken in November and December in 2022 reflected that no novel variants have emerged during China's recent COVID-19 outbreak, according to research published on The Lancet by a leading Chinese research team.
• No new Omicron variants detected in Beijing by 2022 end: study People's Daily 09 Feb 2023 -- No novel COVID-19 variants were found in Beijing weeks after China optimized its epidemic response in November, according to a recent study.
• Number of deaths in hospital from COVID-19 drops to 102, down 97.6% from peak: Chinese CDC Global Times 09 Feb 2023 -- Since December 9, 2022, the number and positive rate of nucleic acid testing in the population reported by all provinces showed a trend of increasing first and then decreasing. The number of in-hospital deaths from COVID-19 hit a daily peak of 4,273 on January 4, but it has declined since then, falling to 102 on Monday, a 97.6 percent drop from the peak, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese CDC) announced on Wednesday.

India

• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 09 Feb 2023 -- 220.61 cr Total Vaccine doses (95.19 cr Second Dose and 22.84 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 4 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 09 Feb 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,775 with Four more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 20,920 new COVID-19 cases, 45 deaths CNA 09 Feb 2023 -- Taiwan on Thursday reported 20,920 new cases of COVID-19 and 45 deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).