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An infant in Harare, Zimbabwe, receives a dose of measles vaccine. Archive image. Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP/TT
Close to 35 million children worldwide lack adequate protection against measles, according to the WHO. Only four out of five children receive the first dose of measles vaccine – far below the coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.
– Measles outbreaks are like the canary in a coal mine and show the gaps in vaccination programs, says WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
More than a hundred countries have been affected by measles outbreaks since 2019. The fact that relatively few children are vaccinated is the main reason why the disease breaks out, WHO writes in a press release.
A vaccine coverage of 95 percent is required to prevent outbreaks of the highly contagious disease. But in countries where three quarters of all the world’s children live, barely 80 percent are vaccinated. More than half of the unvaccinated bShow more
THREE NEWS YOU CAN’T MISS
A suspiciously dangerous object has been found in an area in Hjällbo-Eriksbo in Gothenburg.
The alarm was received at 23.21.
– It is about a suspected dangerous object that was found outdoors, says Martin Hallberg, officer on duty at the police in the West region.
The police have started a preliminary investigation into attempts at public destruction.
– Housing has been occupied and evacuated. I have no further comments on this, says Martin Hallberg.
At least 15 people have died in an Israeli attack on a school in a refugee camp in Nuseirat in central Gaza. This is stated by the Gaza Civil Defense.
The attack is the fifth against a school in Gaza in the last eight days. As with the previous attacks, the Israeli military IDF states that the building is a hideout for Hamas and is used as a base for attacks against Israel.
According to the Hamas-controlled civil defense, thousands of people were in or near the school, which is run by the UN Palestine agency UNRWA.
Germany’s Bremen has issued a total ban on the use of a hand gesture.
It is about the “silent fox” because of its similarity to the “wolf gesture” linked to the Turkish far-right organization the Gray Wolves.
The “Quiet Fox” is mainly used in classrooms to encourage students to be quiet in the classroom.
One person has been taken to hospital after an accident at a restaurant in Malmö.
For an unknown reason, the person came into contact with electricity and was injured.
Police and ambulance are on the scene.
There is no information on the state of the damage.
Police initially treated the incident as a workplace accident but later announced that it will not be investigated as a workplace accident. There is also no suspicion of crime.
The emergency services have been alerted to an explosion in central Södertälje.
The alarm came in at 7:30 p.m.
On site, the emergency services were able to determine that it was firecrackers.
Seven forest fires raged in North Macedonia during Sunday. The government has declared a state of emergency.
The fires are spreading mainly in the central and eastern parts of the country at the same time as the country is in an exhausting heat wave.
Over 100 hectares of forest have burned down and on Friday an extreme weather warning was issued with temperatures reaching 42 degrees in some areas.
At 2 p.m., the emergency services were alerted to a car fire in Malmö.
Now the police announce that two people died in the fire.
The incident is being investigated as a murder.
– We are of course investigating it further, but at the moment there is no suspect, says Rickard Lundqvist, press spokesperson for police region South.
A truck has driven into the ditch at Mossebo outside Tranemo.
– The truck is on the side of the road, says the police.
No one is injured.
– Traffic will be slightly affected in connection with the recovery.
A 75-year-old woman disappeared from a summer house south of Hamneda in Ljungby last night.
The woman speaks Danish, has a slim build, glasses and gray hair in a pageboy hairstyle. She was wearing a nightgown when she disappeared.
If you think you see or have seen the woman, call SOS 112 and ask to speak to the police’s regional command center.
Hamas leader Rafa Salama was killed in the attack on Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Saturday.
This is stated by the IDF, which claims that Salama was the target of the attack.
90 people died and at least 290 people were injured in the attack, which hit buildings and tents where civilians had sought shelter.
Read more here.
Someone broke into a car company in Hudiksvall and stole a car during the night, according to the police.
The incident is reported as misappropriation and vandalism.
The car was later found in Söderhamn and has been returned.
Princess Kate at Wimbledon. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Kate has arrived at Wimbledon for a rare public appearance at the men’s final.
It is Kate’s second appearance since she confirmed she is being treated for cancer earlier this year.
The last appearance took place in June and was in connection with “Trooping the colour”.
Read more here.
Beverly Hills star Shannen Doherty is dead. She was 53 years old.
Read more here.
Two people were found in a burning car in Malmö, Sydsvenskan reports.
The police are tight-lipped about the incident.
– We are on site and investigating. The place is cordoned off for criminal investigation, say the police.
Emergency services and police were called to the scene shortly after 2 p.m.
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When does Sweden play England women’s soccer match
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Hello! The match will be played on Tuesday, July 16, at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg. Kick-off at 19:00.
If inflation is going down, why aren’t food prices going down? It’s still surreptitiously raised!
Eve
Hello! Food prices fell slightly overall in June, after a long period of increases – although it varies widely between different food items. Some goods become cheaper while others become more expensive. Lettuce, honeydew melon and canned herring, for example, became cheaper in the last month.
What happened to the British teenager who went missing in Greece?
Johan Larsson
Hello! Wondering if you might be thinking about Jay Slater who is missing on Tenriffa? Search efforts ended last week but he has yet to be found.
You haven’t written anything about the “murder” in Tollarp last Friday night?
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We have certainly done that, we were also on site in Tollarp yesterday. You can read about it here, here and here.
Is there no positive, fun or sunny news?
Prostgatan
Of course there is!
Here you can read about Vanessa Kamga who broke a new Swedish record.
Here you can read about Jonna Jumisko who, after living a double life, is now “100% Jonna”.
Here you can come along to the Summer Meet in Västerås and see what the motorfest has to offer.
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