Morning Briefing: Washington has accused China of 'overreacting' over Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit, while COVID-19 is having a more severe impact on the elderly in Australia due to a 'perverse' reason:
US urges all Americans to 'take monkeypox seriously'
Monkeypox has been declared as a public health emergency in the United States, as the virus continues to spread all over the world, including Western Australia, where the first monkeypox case was reported on Thursday after a traveller returned from overseas. Xavier Becerra — the US Secretary of Health and Human Services — urged Americans to take monkeypox seriously.
, with a quarter of them in New York state alone. Experts believe the real numbers could be much higher than what's been reported.by launching 11 ballistic missiles around the island nation, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. "China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker's visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait," he said.
The proportion of people aged over 60 years old admitted to hospital in NSW has grown since late April and May. Source: NSW HealthPeople in the ACT will be able to access free medical and surgical abortions up to 16 weeks' gestation from next year. The services will be available for residents with and without Medicare cards.
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