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First H3N2 case in Bihar, infected woman recovers
1 year, 9 months ago

First H3N2 case in Bihar, infected woman recovers

Hindustan Times  

A 30-year-old female medical student from Patna who tested positive last week for the H3N2 virus, a subtype of seasonal influenza, the first reported in the state this year, has recovered, said health officials familiar with the development on Sunday. A total of 3,038 laboratory-confirmed cases of various subtypes of influenza including H3N2 were reported in India till March 9 …

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India reports first H3N2 deaths, one each from Karnataka, Haryana: Govt
1 year, 9 months ago

India reports first H3N2 deaths, one each from Karnataka, Haryana: Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India has recorded its first two deaths due to seasonal influenza subtype H3N2, one each from Karnataka and Haryana, with the Union health ministry on Friday saying it is keeping a close watch on the situation and cases are expected to decline from month end. In Karnataka, 82-year-old Hire Gowda died due to the H3N2 virus on March …

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'Cases of seasonal influenza expected to decline by March-end' informs health ministry
1 year, 9 months ago

'Cases of seasonal influenza expected to decline by March-end' informs health ministry

India TV News  

H3N2: In view of India's first H3N2 influenza deaths, Union Health Ministry on Friday informed that cases of seasonal influenza are expected to decline by March-end. 'Union Health Ministry is keeping a close watch on the Seasonal Influenza situation in various States/UTs through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme network on real-time basis. The ministry is also tracking and keeping a …

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Can the Dark Sky Reserve at Hanle be a gamechanger for stargazing in India?
2 years, 2 months ago

Can the Dark Sky Reserve at Hanle be a gamechanger for stargazing in India?

The Hindu  

For tourists visiting Ladakh, the itinerary is most likely to include the Pangong Lake in the State’s capital Leh, and for the more adventurous lot, an expedition to the Khardung La pass. Globally, designated dark sky regions developed by tourism boards of different countries, in collaboration with astronomers and local communities, are equipped with facilities to aid astro tourism. Another …

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Surveillance, rapid identification, isolation: Centre issues guidelines on monkeypox
2 years, 6 months ago

Surveillance, rapid identification, isolation: Centre issues guidelines on monkeypox

Firstpost  

All the clinical specimens should be transported to the apex laboratory of ICMR-NIV routed through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme network of the respective district or state New Delhi: Amid increasing cases of monkeypox being reported in non-endemic countries, the government on Tuesday issued guidelines directing district surveillance units to consider even one such case as an outbreak and initiating …

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COVID-19 outbreak underlines need for India to develop its own epidemic intelligence service
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak underlines need for India to develop its own epidemic intelligence service

Firstpost  

Recently both WHO and the US have announced the establishment of centres to monitor the emergence and spread of new diseases. We argue that it is in India’s national interest to develop its own National Epidemic Intelligence System {NEIS}, instead of only depending on global agencies. The USA’s CDC, WHO’s ECO-NET and Strategic Health Operation Centre{SHOC}, the Global Outbreak Alert …

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A disease surveillance system, for the future
3 years, 3 months ago

A disease surveillance system, for the future

The Hindu  

A defining moment in the history of epidemiology was the removal of the handle of a water pump. The focus under the IDSP was to increase government funding for disease surveillance, strengthen laboratory capacity, train the health workforce and have at least one trained epidemiologist in every district of India. The disease surveillance system and health data recording and reporting …

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From sequencing to surveillance: How India's INSACOG track mutations in Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

From sequencing to surveillance: How India's INSACOG track mutations in Covid-19

Live Mint  

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium which is a national multi-agency consortium of Genome Sequencing Laboratories laboratories established by the Government of India on 30th December 2020. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} INSACOG has the following specific objectives: To ascertain the status of Variants of Interest and Variants of Concern in the country To establish sentinel surveillance and surge surveillance mechanisms for early detection …

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How the poor die
4 years, 4 months ago

How the poor die

The Hindu  

For the human race that has seen approximately 100 billion of its species die in the past 50,000 years, death is an inescapable reality. More than 15 years into its existence, the country’s “revamped” public health surveillance still lacks coordination, adequate resources, and is ridden with significant gaps in the monitoring of many infectious diseases. This apart, the country’s disease …

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