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Destruction of Gaza s Covid-19 lab poses high risk of virus spreading, say Palestinian health officials
From CNN s Richard Greene in Jerusalem and Hande Atay Alam in Izmir, Turkey
A medical worker works at the Rimal Clinic in Gaza on April 28. Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/Getty Images
Gaza s main Covid-19 laboratory, the Rimal clinic, is unable to carry out coronavirus testing after being destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health said, warning the situation “certainly poses a high risk of the spread of the virus.”
The ministry issued the warning in a statement about the effect of Israeli airstrikes on medical facilities in Gaza.
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By Julia Hollingsworth and Adam Renton, CNN
Updated 6:39 p.m. ET, May 19, 2021
What you need to know
Olympic organizers said they are doing everything they can to ensure Tokyo 2020 takes place safely, despite doctors calls for the Games to be canceled as coronavirus cases surge in Japan.
The European Union will begin to ease travel restrictions to the bloc, with the EU Council agreeing on measures to allow fully vaccinated foreign visitors in.
The US plans to send 20 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines overseas, on top of 60 million doses of AstraZeneca s vaccine.
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Doctors union in Japan calls on government to cancel Tokyo Games
From CNN’s Emiko Jozuka in Hong Kong
The Olympic Rings are displayed by the Odaiba Marine Park Olympic venue in Tokyo, Japan, on May 12. Carl Court/Getty Images
A doctor’s union in Japan has urged the government to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Members of the union went to Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday to present a written request addressed to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
“It’s tough for the athletes, but someone has to say that the Games should be canceled. We made the request (to the government) as we think medical workers have to speak up,” Naoto Ueyama, the head of the national doctor’s union, said in a press conference on Thursday.