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US orders testing of milk supply for bird flu amid growing concerns
2 weeks, 3 days ago

US orders testing of milk supply for bird flu amid growing concerns

Deccan Chronicle  

The US government has taken steps to better monitor the spread of bird flu among dairy cows, ordering testing of the nation’s milk supply for the H5N1 virus. While bird flu is typically associated with poultry, recent evidence suggests that it has begun spreading to cows, with initial reports indicating transmission through a single event likely in late 2023. Although …

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New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus

Associated Press  

A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. The New Hampshire health department said the virus has also been detected in one horse and several mosquito …

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Nipah Virus: Karnataka heightens border vigilance as virus outbreak hits Kerala
1 year, 3 months ago

Nipah Virus: Karnataka heightens border vigilance as virus outbreak hits Kerala

Live Mint  

Amid concerns over the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, the Karnataka government has taken action to enhance surveillance in its border districts. As of now, Kerala has reported five cases of Nipah virus, with two of them resulting in fatalities, all of which have occurred in Kozhikode. As reported by ANI, in a circular issued by the Karnataka government, it …

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Hospitals overflowing with patients, Covid testing down, says Indian-origin doctor in China
1 year, 11 months ago

Hospitals overflowing with patients, Covid testing down, says Indian-origin doctor in China

India Today  

China has eased coronavirus-related restrictions even as it grapples with a fresh spurt in virus cases. India Today TV spoke to Dr Abhishek Kundu, an Indian-origin doctor living in China's Zhejiang province, which is witnessing close to one million Covid-19 cases daily according to some reports. If earlier the first two floors of the hospital saw Covid-19 patients, the cases …

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China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported
2 years, 1 month ago

China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to stay home for virus testing Saturday and a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported. China’s numbers are low, but the past week’s increase is challenging a “zero-COVID” strategy that aims to isolate every …

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Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
2 years, 1 month ago

Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily blocked from leaving as part of virus testing that extended to more than 400,000 people, the city government announced Tuesday. Hong Kong’s main stock market index surged 5.2% on Tuesday after a comment circulated on Chinese social media that said the ruling Communist Party might set up a “reopening committee” to look …

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China to 'stick with' zero-COVID strategy, President Xi says as millions remain under lockdown
2 years, 9 months ago

China to 'stick with' zero-COVID strategy, President Xi says as millions remain under lockdown

ABC  

Chinese President Xi Jinping says the country will "stick with" its zero-COVID strategy, according to state TV reports, as the world's most populous nation battles its largest outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. Key points: China has gone from reporting under 100 daily infections just three weeks ago to more than 1,000 per day President Xi says Beijing …

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每日一词∣动态清零方针 dynamic zero-COVID policy
2 years, 9 months ago

每日一词∣动态清零方针 dynamic zero-COVID policy

China Daily  

国家卫生健康委员会3月15日表示，要坚持“外防输入、内防反弹”总策略和“动态清零”总方针不动摇，采取果断措施，迅速流调溯源，快速核酸筛查。 China will adhere to its dynamic zero-COVID policy and strategies to tackle both imported and domestic infections, the National Health Commission said on March 15. 2022年3月15日，在山东省临沂市郯城县一处核酸检测点，医务人员进行核酸采样。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 当前，全球疫情仍处于大流行状态，多国放松管控给我国外防输入带来挑战。近期我国多地多点发生本土聚集性疫情，主要为奥密克戎变异株，传播快、隐匿性强。疫情防控难度加大，防控形势严峻复杂。 我国立足抓早、抓小、抓基础，提升疫情防范和早发现能力；发生疫情后，充分利用疫情发现之初的黄金24小时处置时间，在原来充分发挥检测队伍作用的基础上，进一步发挥流调和监督队伍作用，突出“快”字，在疫情没有扩散之前，或者感染者还不具备传播能力之前，把密接者、次密接者找到，把可能的感染者提前管控住，力争用1个潜伏期左右时间控制住疫情传播。这一防控策略被称为“动态清零”，这是中国控制疫情的“法宝”。 实践证明，我国现行的“动态清零”总方针和一系列防控措施应对奥密克戎变异株疫情是行之有效的。坚持人民至上、生命至上，是我国一切防控举措的根本出发点和落脚点。现阶段我国仍将坚持“动态清零”策略不动摇，继续坚持严格的疫情防控措施，巩固来之不易的防控成果。 【重要讲话】 实践证明，要彻底战胜疫情，必须把人民生命安全和身体健康放在突出位置，以极大的政治担当和勇气，以非常之举应对非常之事，尽最大努力做到不遗漏一个感染者、不放弃一个病患者，切实尊重每个人的生命价值和尊严。 What has happened proves that to completely defeat the virus, we must put people’s lives and health front and center, demonstrate a great sense of political responsibility …

Home secretary reviews covid-19 situation in wake of Omicron virus
3 years ago

Home secretary reviews covid-19 situation in wake of Omicron virus

Live Mint  

Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday chaired a meeting where the overall global situation in wake of Omicron virus was reviewed. The Union Health Secretary has advised States/UTs regarding testing, surveillance, monitoring of hotspots, augmentation of health infrastructure, genome sequencing, and enhancing public awareness, vide his letters dated 25th and 27th of November 2021, the first of which was …

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The pandemic's silent saviours
3 years, 2 months ago

The pandemic's silent saviours

Deccan Chronicle  

The pandemic shone light on the dedicated contributions of the frontline healthcare workers — doctors, nurses and paramedics. Most scientists associated with COVID-19 research in India have been working in the Indian Council of Medical Research laboratories, such as National Institute of Virology, Pune, Centre For Cellular And Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, and in vaccine manufacturing facilities like Serum Institute of …

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Black fungus patients do not require treatment for Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Black fungus patients do not require treatment for Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Patients testing Covid-19 positive after reporting to hospitals with black fungus infection is due to the presence of the virus in the body. Those who are testing positive for Covid-19 with black fungus infection are sent to Gandhi Hospital. Dr Prashant Kumar, senior pulmonologist at Medak Government Hospital, explained: "Some patients are testing positive due to the viral load …

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Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools
3 years, 7 months ago

Virus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in US schools

Associated Press  

MISSION, Kan. — Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago. “The virus has really kind of caught us off guard in a few instances.” But Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said the nation’s …

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If you won’t carry a ‘vaccine passport’, do us all a favour and stay at home
3 years, 8 months ago

If you won’t carry a ‘vaccine passport’, do us all a favour and stay at home

The Independent  

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TN to Intensify Restrictions Amid Covid-19 Spike, Increase Testing; Closely Monitoring Situation: Chief Secy
3 years, 8 months ago

TN to Intensify Restrictions Amid Covid-19 Spike, Increase Testing; Closely Monitoring Situation: Chief Secy

News 18  

The Tamil Nadu government said on Saturday it would implement necessary restrictions as per requirement following a spike in COVID-19 cases. Ranjan said the cabinet secretary during the review meeting issued necessary guidelines to 11 States which had reported a surge in new COVID-19 infections. In Tamil Nadu, though the positivity rate has been below 5 per cent, it was …

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Pfizer Starts Early Stage Clinical Trial Testing of Oral Antiviral Drug for Coronavirus: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer Starts Early Stage Clinical Trial Testing of Oral Antiviral Drug for Coronavirus: Report

News 18  

Pfizer announced on Tuesday that it has started an early-stage clinical trial for an experimental oral antiviral drug for Covid-19. The drug belongs to the protease inhibitor class of drugs, and it works by blocking an enzyme that the virus needs to replicate in human cells, CNBC reported. Although Pfizer and German drugmaker BioNTech have an approved vaccine in the …

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Is Virus Mutation the Reason Behind Amravati Spike? Worried Officials Send Samples for Testing
3 years, 10 months ago

Is Virus Mutation the Reason Behind Amravati Spike? Worried Officials Send Samples for Testing

News 18  

The Amravati division in the Maharashtra’s Vidarbha has emerged as a new Covid-19 hotspot with reporting the highest number of cases in the state. Meanwhile, Mumbai reported 760 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a drop from 921 a day earlier, and four fresh fatalities, while the number of recoveries crossed the 3-lakh mark, the city civic body said. According to …

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COVID-19 vaccines may be tweaked if emerging coronavirus variants worsen, spread
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines may be tweaked if emerging coronavirus variants worsen, spread

Firstpost  

The WHO and FDA are looking to the global flu vaccine system to make decisions around the COVID-19 shots. But studies are raising concern that first-generation COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as well against a mutant that first emerged in South Africa as they do against other versions circulating around the world. “This is a moving target right now.” Flu offers …

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The UK can’t even keep track of its spiralling Covid-19 case numbers
3 years, 11 months ago

The UK can’t even keep track of its spiralling Covid-19 case numbers

Wired  

Getty Images / OurWorldInData / WIRED Ten months after the first one, the UK is back where it started: stuck in a national lockdown. Taking a closer look at the test positivity rate in the UK may be the most efficient way of deciphering what exactly is going on, how virus transmission is happening – and whether enough testing is …

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Coronavirus was largely under control in South Korea and Japan. Here's why COVID-19 cases are now spiralling
4 years ago

Coronavirus was largely under control in South Korea and Japan. Here's why COVID-19 cases are now spiralling

ABC  

Japan and South Korea went about tackling the coronavirus in vastly different ways — and yet they appear to be in a similar situation, with record numbers of COVID-19 cases amid a third wave. In terms of daily new COVID-19 cases per million people, the seven day rolling average to December 12 puts Japan at 20 and Korea at 15. …

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Covid-19 testing: Everything you know about Covid-19 tests, interpreting results, reliability
4 years ago

Covid-19 testing: Everything you know about Covid-19 tests, interpreting results, reliability

Firstpost  

Tests are useful when used correctly, and when you know the limits of the information they give you. Many people don’t understand what a test can and can’t tell you about your risk — and wrongly think a test result that comes back negative guarantees they can’t spread the virus to others. Cons: Because these tests have to go through …

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Indian Medical Association says Covid trend decreasing in South India
4 years ago

Indian Medical Association says Covid trend decreasing in South India

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A positive trend of decreasing new Covid-19 cases is being observed in southern states, which is indicative of well-planned activities and systematic control of cases, an analysis by Indian Medical Association has shown. The analysis made by Indian Medical Association shows that overall supervision in states of Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala shows that surveillance, contact tracing …

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What are Joe Biden’s plans for covid-19?
4 years, 1 month ago

What are Joe Biden’s plans for covid-19?

Live Mint  

The president-elect has proposed steps designed to up production of tests, protective equipment and vaccines, and is also expected to pursue economic stimulus President-elect Joe Biden has said he would give priority to stopping Covid-19. Mr. Biden, who regularly appears in public wearing a mask and has kept events relatively small and outdoors, has already named a task force of …

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Coronavirus: More than 100 care home inspectors forced to self-isolate as ministers withhold regular testing
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: More than 100 care home inspectors forced to self-isolate as ministers withhold regular testing

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Department of Health and Social Care said inspectors do not get close enough to …

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Inside the flawed White House testing scheme that failed to protect Trump
4 years, 2 months ago

Inside the flawed White House testing scheme that failed to protect Trump

Salon  

President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis is raising fresh questions about the White House's strategy for testing and containing the virus for a president whose cavalier attitude about the coronavirus has persisted since it landed on American shores. Testing "isn't a 'get out of jail free card,'" said Dr. Alan Wells, medical director of clinical labs at the University of Pittsburgh …

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