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Covid live news: Denmark lifts all restrictions despite record cases; Russia reports record daily Covid cases
Denmark scraps face masks, vaccine passes and limited opening hours; Russia records over 125k new cases and 663 deaths
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Tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste created by the Covid pandemic are threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report has found.
The material – including discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles – could expose health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and germs, the report found, and some of it could still be infectious.
Read the original article at The Guardian