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Bird Flu in US: Amid rising H5N1 cases in cattle, why isn't UK testing cows?
As US-based dairy herds are reporting constant cases of bird flu outbreak, UK cattle are still not being checked for cases of bird flu, say British health officials.
Elton John honoured by British Parliament for his work towards HIV prevention
Speaking at the event held in the Speaker's House of Parliament, John, who established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992, was acknowledged for raising millions of dollars to prevent HIV infections and reduce stigma.
India logs 7,178 fresh Covid-19 cases, active caseload at 65,683
The active cases now comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections and the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.67 per cent, the ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,43, 01,865 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
Why Covid cases are surging again in India? Here are the three possible reasons
India has reported a surge in Covid cases, with a daily positivity rate of 3%. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has suggested that the surge could be due to the relaxation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, low testing rates, and the emergence of a new Covid variant. The IMA has advised people to get tested if they have symptoms.
'Ruko Jara, Sabar Karo': Twitter users share memes as Covid cases rise again in India
As per the Union Health Ministry data, India reported nearly 6,000 Covid cases across the country on Tuesday. The Indian Medical Association has said that the reasons behind the recent Covid surge in our country could be the relaxation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, low testing rate and the emergence of a new variant of Covid.
Assam Director General of Police G P Singh instructed all police officers to focus on long pending cases
The DGP, Assam instructed all the Additional Superintendent of Police, In-Charge of Crime from all the 36 districts and D.C.P, Crime of City Commissionerate to focus on long pending cases, to reduce the pendency and to improve upon the percentage of conviction by assisting the Public Prosecutors in conducting the trial, ensuring timely production of witnesses etc.
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UK: 77 new monkeypox cases, biggest outbreak outside Africa
On Sunday, the World Health Organization said more than two dozen countries that haven't previously identified monkeypox cases reported 780 cases, a more than 200% jump in cases since late May. No monkeypox deaths outside of Africa have yet been identified.
Monkeypox infections spreading undetected, cases have risen to over 550: WHO
While, so far, most cases have been reported among men who have sex with men presenting with symptoms at sexual health clinics, "the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at the same time suggests there may have been undetected transmission for some time," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries
Earlier this week, a top adviser to WHO said the outbreak in Europe, U.S., Israel, Australia and beyond was likely linked to sex at two recent raves in Spain and Belgium. That marks a significant departure from the disease's typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates, and outbreaks haven't spilled across borders.
Germany detects first case of monkeypox, military medical service says
"The Institute for Microbiology of the German Armed Forces in Munich has now also detected the monkeypox virus beyond doubt for the first time in Germany on 19 May 2022 in a patient with characteristic skin lesions," the service said in a statement.
228 probable unexplained cases of child hepatitis: WHO
"As of May 1, at least 228 probable cases were reported to WHO from 20 countries, with over 50 additional cases under investigation," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva.
WHO: New COVID deaths fell 17% last week, but cases rising
The biggest increase in cases were seen in the Western Pacific and Africa, where infections rose by 29% and 12% respectively. Elsewhere, cases dropped by more than 20% in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Americas. In Europe, cases inched up by about 2%.
'Bulli Bai' App case: Delhi Court rejects anticipatory bail to Vishal, says it's direct onslaught upon dignity, modesty of woman
Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana while passing the order in the case said, "I concur with the Additional Public Prosecutor that to unravel the obscure and undetected aspects of the crime, sustained custodial interrogation of the applicant is desirable. Considering the totality of circumstances, I do not find any merit in the application at hand and the same is accordingly dismissed."
World tops two million new daily Covid cases
An average of 2,106,118 new daily infections were reported over the seven-day period, shortly after the one million case threshold was passed in the week of December 23-29, 2021.
Covid cases top 300 million worldwide
The figure stood at 300,042,439 cases at 15:45 GMT, including all the cases announced since the World Health Organization office in China first reported the outbreak of the disease in late December 2019.
Delhi reports first case of Omicron variant
"So far, 17 COVID-19 patients and six of their contacts have been admitted to the Lok Nayak Hospital. The Omicron variant has been found in one of the 12 samples sent for genome sequencing so far, according to a preliminary report," Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
Lack of active surveillance, low levels of contact tracing: Central team on Kerala Covid surge
Cases continue to rise in Kerala, with active cases touching 1.7 lakh on 3rd August, and new daily positive cases at 22k. A team of senior officials from the health ministry, headed by Sujeet Singh, director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) visited the state to take stock of the situation and recommend appropriate public health interventions.
While some Covid cases could go undetected, missing out on deaths completely unlikely: Govt
During the peak of the second wave, the health system across the country was focused on effective clinical management of cases requiring medical help due to which correct reporting and recording of Covid deaths could have been delayed but it was later reconciled by states and UTs, the health ministry said in a statement.
For every single Covid case reported in India, 30 cases were missed or undetected: Expert
He, however, clarified that it does not mean this was deliberate but simply reflects the performance of the disease surveillance system and the response to pandemic in the state in tackling the cases.
Covid origins mirror SARS’s genesis in animals, study finds
The paper was released Wednesday ahead of peer review, and is being prepared for submission to a journal for publication, one of the authors said. It gives a detailed explanation for SARS-CoV-2’s genetic signatures, early epidemiology and research undertaken at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Australian state has biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases in 7 months
The six new cases were the largest daily rise in the southeastern state of Victoria since October 2020. Authorities warned that more than 300 close contacts of sufferers had been identified, with many having visited crowded locations.
Air ambulances rates soar with rising Covid cases
Some air ambulance operators have increased prices by up to 20% for Covid patients when many of them are gasping for proper healthcare facilities, said people aware of the matter. Brokers have increased their commissions severalfold and doctors who accompany the patients have increased their fees.
Second Covid-19 wave turns a corner in India as cases fall for 7 days
The seven-day rolling average of daily cases, a reliable pointer to the direction of the wave, has dropped by nearly 50,000, from 3.91 lakh on May 8 to 3.54 lakh on Saturday.
Government expects Covid cases to dip in worst-hit states soon
The early trends show the decline won’t be at a national level but could be at a regional level, and the surge is likely to shift to other regions,” a senior government official told ET. The estimates are based on the daily number of positives reported and various national as well as international studies such as the ones by IIT-Kanpur and Hyderabad.
Coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in China: Study
The team, including researchers from University of California San Diego in the US, note that their simulations suggest that the mutating virus dies out naturally more than three-quarters of the time without causing an epidemic.
Health ministry plans to send teams to states with more Covid cases
The Centre has advised the state governments to adopt aggressive and widespread testing to ensure that the missed out and undetected positive COVID-19 cases are promptly identified for timely and effective tracing, containment and subsequent treatment. The health ministry rushed teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur on Thursday.
Millions of COVID-19 cases went undetected in India, research paper estimates
The research paper, written by government scientists and other experts and published late on Thursday, said large numbers of cases could have gone under the radar earlier this year because testing was limited to symptomatic patients or states had varying testing rates.
Fraud undetected as non-fund based deals not linked to swift
“In PNB’s case, the CBS was not aligned to Swift for some transactions because of connivance among a few employees,” said a banker privy with the matter.
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