Family doctors and parents have reported difficulty finding antibiotics to treat Strep A, which typically causes a sore throat and fever and flu-like symptoms.

Poyang Lake is at its most depleted level on record, and several reservoirs in central China were reported last month to be at 'dead pool' status, meaning they did not have enough water to dispatch downstream.

WHO estimates that up to 200,000 children die each year of the highly contagious infection, which is the leading cause globally of severe, dehydrating gastroenteritis in children under the age of five.

Aerospace faces mounting worries over supply chains and reminders that its future hinges on decarbonisation.

An increased supply of chips will reduce one burden facing an industry that is also battling raw material price inflation, a tight energy market and rising interest rates that are throwing a dampener on consumer demand.

Large portions of french fries, as well as one type of large meal set, have been taken off menus at outlets until further notice.

Government ministers and oil companies say there are ample stocks of petrol or diesel and there is no cause for alarm, but the lack of truck drivers is hampering transport of fuel from refineries to stations.