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South Sudan declares new cholera outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], May 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Sudanese Ministry of Health on Sunday declared a cholera outbreak following confirmation of eight cases in Rubkona county in the country's Unity States.
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People in Karachi reel under worst cholera outbreak amid negligence of hea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Negligence of authorities in Pakistan's Karachi has resulted in the worst cholera outbreak in the city, affecting both children and adults, reported local media.
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329 people killed by cholera in Nigeria's northern state
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigera], September 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A cholera outbreak in north Nigeria's Kano state has killed at least 329 people since March, a state government official said on Wednesday.
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Risk of waterborne diseases increase in Hyderabad due to severe flooding
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 21 (ANI): Amid increasing water-level in Hyderabad due to heavy rains, the fear of water-borne disease has increased in the flood-affected parts of the state.
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PM Modi to launch 'high throughput COVID-19 testing' facilities on July 27
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'high throughput COVID-19 testing' facilities on July 27 via video conferencing, the PMO said on Sunday.
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No ICMR, NICED supplied COVID test kits in West Bengal, says state health
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 22 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Wednesday said that it has zero kits supplied by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease (NICED) which can test COVID-19 patients as per the ICMR guidel
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Seriously addressing issue of non-standardised kits in West Bengal: Direct
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): Dr Shanta Dutta, Director of ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) on Monday said that it was unfortunate that the NIV kits were not standardised by the manufacturing company which had caused problems in West Bengal and
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Rapid testing kits will be useful in West Bengal's corona hotspots: ICMR-N
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has sent rapid testing kits to West Bengal, which will be helpful in covering a large population in a short period of time and more so in the hotspot zones, according to Dr Shanta Dutta, Director of
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UN working with Yemeni warring parties to prepare fragile health syste
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sana'a, April 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Nations system is working closely with warring sides in Yemen to prepare its hugely fractured health system and existing polio and cholera surveillance mechanisms for the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the embattled nation aft
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South Sudan, UN to immunise 1,44,000 people against cholera
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Juba [South Sudan], Nov 17 (Xinhua/ANI): UN agencies, in collaboration with South Sudan's health ministry, will launch a vaccination exercise on Monday targeting some 1,44,033 people against cholera in Renk, a county bordering the Blue Nile state in Sudan.
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Health emergency declared in Yemen over epidemics
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], Nov 13 (ANI): Citing that the country is battling malaria and dengue fever, Yemen's health authorities on Tuesday declared a health emergency in the country.
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Research on bacteria adds to understanding of their social life
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): According to a study, strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae transform themselves from small, comma-shaped cells to long filaments in nutrient-poor environments to aid short-term survival.
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