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BHOPAL: A tigress and her last surviving cub died at Mukki quarantine facility in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, days after three of her cubs perished in quick succession in what officials believe could be an outbreak of canine distemper virus (CDV).The deaths have pushed the tiger death toll in the state to…
At least 72 tigers have died in a virus outbreak at two privately operated animal parks in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai, as Bangkok Post reported. The Times of India (TOI) has not independently verified the claims. What authorities have confirmed As per the Independent, Thai authorities have launched an investigation into the said…
The nurse who had recovered from Nipah virus infection died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in West Bengal’s Barasat on Thursday, news agency PTI reported quoting a state health department official. She had been in a prolonged coma, and later developed a lung infection. She had been taken off ventilator support at the…
Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: The 25-year-old female nurse infected by the Nipah virus succumbed to secondary infections on Thursday evening, after a 37-day-long battle with the infection and the complications caused by the virus at Barasat Hospital. The male nurse, who was also found infected by the virus and was discharged from…
India is on bird flu, H5N1 alert. Cases have been reported in Chennai. More than 1,500 crows have tested positive for the virus and this has stepped up surveillance in several areas of Tamil Nadu including Adyar, Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur and Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR).This is a big health concern because H5N1 is classified as highly…
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought to reassure the public over India’s latest Nipah virus outbreak, saying the risk of spread remains “low” and that there is no need for travel or trade restrictions following the confirmation of two cases in West Bengal.The cases were reported from North 24 Parganas district, an…
Nipah virus is a global concern right now after two cases were identified from West Bengal. The virus spreads from animals, mainly fruit bats, to humans, sometimes through contaminated food like raw date palm sap, and other times from one person to another. And once it spreads between humans, it can be deadly fast. With…
Nipah virus in India is rare, scary, and strangely ignored. Most people in India have heard of dengue, malaria, COVID, maybe even Zika. But say “Nipah virus” and you’ll usually get a blank look. And that’s odd, because Nipah is one of the deadliest viruses we know. It’s not new. And it has shown up…
Health officials have reported a number of cases of Nipah virus infection in India’s West Bengal, leading to stepped-up surveillance at airports and border crossings in parts of Asia. At the time of reporting, five cases have been confirmed and about 100 close contacts are in quarantine as part of containment measures. Several of the…
KURNOOL: Four persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly injecting a doctor with an HIV-infected injection, police said on Sunday. The victim is reportedly the wife of the woman’s former lover, according to news agency PTI.The accused were identified as B Boya Vasundhara (34), a resident of Kurnool; Konge Jyothi (40), a nurse working…
