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01 March 2023 Security News

Remarks by President Biden at the Department of Homeland Security's 20th Anniversary Ceremony The White House 01 Mar 2023

The Swedish Government is donating 722 000 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to low- and middle-income countries Government Offices of Sweden 01 Mar 2023 -- The Government has decided to donate 722 000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX global vaccine initiative. Sweden has thereby donated more than 15 million doses and contributed more than SEK 2 billion to global vaccination efforts against COVID-19.
Italian region to halt COVID testing upon arrival from China People's Daily 01 Mar 2023 -- Starting on Wednesday, Italy's Lombardy region will no longer require people arriving from China by plane to be tested for COVID-19 infections, ending a policy that lasted for two months, Guido Bertolaso, Lombardy's welfare counselor announced on Tuesday.
Death toll related to COVID-19 surpasses 8,500 in Ireland People's Daily 01 Mar 2023 -- Over 8,500 people died from or with COVID-19 in Ireland between March 1, 2020 and Feb. 4, 2023, the Irish national radio and television broadcaster RTE said Tuesday, citing data released by the Health Service Executive (HSE), the country's agency responsible for public health.

Iran's COVID-related deaths mount to double digit IRNA 01 Mar 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,858 with 13 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Taiwan reports 12,212 new COVID cases; isolation rules to ease CNA 01 Mar 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 12,212 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 deaths from the disease on Wednesday, and said it is monitoring the disease's spread to assess whether quarantine rules should be eased further.

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