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 There could be a "tsunami" of cancelled operations this winter as the NHS copes with rising numbers of coronavirus patients, leading surgeons are warning. Members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England say they doubt the NHS can meet targets to restore surgery back to near pre-pandemic levels. Planned procedures such as hip replacements were paused to free up beds during lockdown in the spring. And hospitals have since been dealing with a backlog. In July, NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens told trusts hospitals should by September 2020 be performing at least 80% of their September 2019 rates of: overnight planned procedures outpatient or day-case procedures And by October, this proportion should rise to 90%. But data suggests more than two million people have been waiting longer than 18 weeks for routine operations, with 83,000 waiting more than a year - up from 2,000 before the pandemic. TESTING: How do I get a virus test? SYMPTOMS: What are they and how to guard agai...

 For the past two years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been grappling with the world's worst outbreak of measles, which has killed more than 7,000 children. The minister of health says the outbreak is over but experts say that with a relatively low rate of vaccination - just 60% - it is just a matter of time before there is another. Journalist Sara Assarsson and photographer Johannes Tegner meet the health workers going to great lengths delivering these vital but delicate supplies: Though you would not know it from his spotless shoes, Mulalu Lwesso often walks for up to six hours delivering vaccines to a rural health facility. "I started studying nursing but couldn't afford to complete my education - now I help out where it's needed. It's a long walk and I'm getting old. I've walked this route every month since 1987," he says. The 62-year-old makes the same journey from a hospital in the town of Mwenga - wiping his forehead, slinging the coolbox...

  Some pregnant women are so worried partners will not make it to the birth due to Covid-19 restrictions, they are opting for elective caesarean sections. According to Wales' coronavirus rules, a birthing partner can still only attend during "active" labour. But some mums-to-be say the unpredictability of labour may mean partners do not reach hospital in time. The Welsh Government said individual circumstances can be taken into account. Michelle Morgan Davies, from Abergavenny, had baby Finn Morgan by caesarean section on Tuesday, with father Darren standing by. "A lot of dads and birthing partners are sleeping in their cars and waiting for days in the hospital grounds, scared they will miss the birth if they travel home to be called back too late," she said. What are the coronavirus rules about partners at births? In July, rules stopping women from being accompanied to appointments and scans were eased, but not to include early labour. There are campaigns again...

"  A woman who   had termination alone because ofcovid-19restriction no-one else should have go through "Devastating" experience Emma Kemsley, from Saffron Walden, was told at a scan her baby boy was very unlikely to survive outside the womb. Her husband James was not allowed to attend the scan or the termination, leaving them "heartbroken". The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said it hoped hospitals could be flexible. Restrictions have recently been lifted on many maternity wards to allow partners to attend scans and during labour, but this would not always include terminations. How will COVID-19 affect pregnancy , scans and the birth? Mrs Kemsley, who has endometriosis, said she was overjoyed to fall pregnant after six rounds of IVF and was told at her 12-week scan the baby was healthy. However, at an 18-week scan at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, in May, she found out his bladder was blocked and his lungs, kidneys and hear...

  People often have good intentions and hidden evil thoughts simultaneously. Even the kindest person may sometimes experience negative feelings. Children fight with each other or take away somebody’s toys, but they do not understand that they do something wrong. On the contrary, adults com Miss Strangeworth wanted to seem kind and respectable old woman; however, she could not hide her inner self desired intrigues. She lived in a small town and knew every citizen, which gave her power and might. The first signs of evil in her soul were boast and pride of her roses, planted by her grandmother about one hundred years ago. Miss Strangeworth never gave her roses to the tourists, and this fact proves her greed. Besides, when she asked her neighbors after their health, she did it with a personal purpose. At home, the woman wrote letters with harmful messages to those people she met on the street, and she was pleased with the letters. Probably, the woman wanted to open someone’s eyes and r...