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1 year, 3 months ago

One more person tests positive for Nipah in Kerala, total cases now at 6

One more person has tested positive for the Nipah virus in Kerala, taking the total number of cases reported so far to six, the office of the state health minister said on Friday. Health workers shift people who have been in contact with a person infected with the Nipah virus to an isolation centre at a government hospital in Kozhikode, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Woman infected with new Covid variant in Rohtas

Hindustan Times

PATNA: Amid a spurt in cases of coronavirus in the country, a 27-year-old woman from Bihar’s Rohtas district tested positive for XBB 1.16, a new variant of Omicron, the first such case reported in the state, said health officials, as the number of active cases in the state, rose to 50 on Wednesday. As many as 13 cases were reported …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Nearly all pregnant women are being exposed to chemicals that cause cancer, study finds

Daily Mail

Nearly all pregnant women are exposed to chemicals from plastics, cleaning products, clothing and other household items that scientists say may put them at a higher risk of cancer and harm their baby's development. University of California, San Francisco researchers tested urine samples from 171 women and found almost all had melamine and its by-product cyanuric acid present — which …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Suspected monkey pox cases to be isolated

The Hindu

Persons suspected to have contracted monkey pox infection should be isolated at designated health facilities and their samples sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, for testing, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan has said. Health facilities should “keep heightened suspicion” for people who presented themselves with unexplained rash and those who had travelled, 21 days prior to the occurrence of …

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3 years ago

Omicron variant puts US coronavirus sequencing to the test

CNN

CNN — Rows of scientists sit before racks of coronavirus samples inside a laboratory in Henderson, North Carolina, wearing face masks and scrubs. “We are now sequencing approximately 80,000 samples per week – about one in every seven PCR positive cases,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told a White House coronavirus briefing Tuesday. Currently, there are about 68 state and …

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3 years ago

The omicron variant was in Europe a week before South Africa reported it

NPR

The omicron variant was in Europe a week before South Africa reported it Enlarge this image toggle caption Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images The omicron coronavirus variant was already in the Netherlands a week before South Africa reported the new variant to the World Health Organization, according to a Dutch health agency. The global health …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Nipah virus: 11 more people showing symptoms in Kozhikode village where boy died

India Today

A day after a 12-year-old boy in Kozhikode succumbed to the Nipah virus, Kerala health minister Veena George confirmed that 11 more people, including the child’s mother, are showing symptoms of the viral infection. Samples have been taken from all 11 persons suspected of contracting Nipah virus, of which results of eight samples are expected by Monday night, said Veena …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Too Complacent, Too Soon? Just 184 Coronavirus Genomes Sequenced in July Against 4 Lakh in April: Report

News 18

With the number of cases constantly declining in India but with signs that a third wave may be round the corner, India’s efforts to sequence genomes to track for emerging variants have nose-dived after April. According to an exclusive report by The Hindu, data from the National SARS-CoV-2 Genome Consortium, a network of 28 labs across the country equipped to …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: 20 more people test positive in India for UK virus strain, total rises to 58

Firstpost

New Delhi: Twenty more people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 58. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58,” the Union Health Ministry said. Of the 58, the mutated …

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3 years, 11 months ago

5 from Mumbai, 1 from Pune, Thane, Mira Bhayandar Test +ve for UK Strain as 38 Indians Get Infected

News 18

A total of 38 people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. As many as eight returnees to Maharashtra from the UK have been found to be infected with the new COVID-19 variant detected in the European country, said Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Monday …

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4 years, 1 month ago

China sounds alarm after detecting coronavirus on packaged beef, shrimp