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People travelling to the Southern Hemisphere, including the World Cup in South Africa, should be vaccinated against swine ‘flu to prevent them from catching the virus, and from bringing it back. The Southern Hemisphere ‘flu season is expected to start shortly and vaccination will reduce the risk to travellers.
The NHS in Wales is short of almost 400 hospital doctors, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Radio Wales has discovered that patients may have to travel further or wait longer to be seen, while more shifts will be filled by locum doctors.
Summary It is one month since an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January 2010. The earthquake, which has left the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby towns of Carrefour, Jacmel, Leogane and Petit-Goave in ruins, is the worst to strike the country in 200 years. The Haitian government estimates that more than 230,000 people have been killed and one million are in urgent need of shelter, sanitation, clean water, food and medical care. Haiti is also now bracing itself for another potentially catastrophic problem – the country’s looming rainy season, which threatens to bring further misery to the island.
On 20th October 2010, New Zealand’s ability to respond to a tsunami event will be tested in ‘Exercise Tangaroa’.
A hailstorm has struck the Australian city of Melbourne, causing widespread damage and traffic disruption. Emergency crews are mopping up after the downpour but forecasters have warned of more rain to come.
Jihadist terror organizations have set economic terrorism as their target, intending to harm and paralyze Western economies, the United Sates in particular, claims Prof. Gabriel Weimann, expert researcher of terrorism over the Internet at the University of Haifa.
EPS Branch (NI) Chair Gerry Killen participated in a radio interview yesterday. To hear Gerry's interview please click the link below. Gerrys interview is 50 mins into the radio show.
SINGAPORE - An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.
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