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"Highly infectious, fatal": AIIMS Bilaspur president says no vaccine avail
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
"Nipah virus is highly infectious and fatal. Patients either develop symptoms of encephalitis or severe respiratory disease. The mortality rate ranges between 40 and 75 per cent, which is very high," Dr Arora told ANI.
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UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola. Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are facing outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said earl
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Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A new study reveals why a highly infectious variant of the cholera bug, which caused large disease outbreaks in the early 1990s, did not cause the eighth cholera pandemic as feared but instead unexpectedly disappeared.
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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Must follow COVID-appropriate behaviour, high-risk patients can get seriou
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, former Director of Delhi AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday urged the common people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
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Ahead of 20th Party Congress, China detects new Omicron sub-variants in fr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 11 (ANI): New Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility have been detected in China, in the latest COVID flare-up, which comes just ahead of the 20th Party Congress.
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Ghana declares first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], July 18 (ANI): Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola.
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Research institute plans to study whether BCG vaccine booster dose can red
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The country's apex tuberculosis (TB) research institute has planned a study to assess whether a booster dose of the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can reduce the burden of Tuberculosis (TB), a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lun
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Hong Kong airport suspends passenger transit services for 150 countries ov
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 14 (ANI): Hong Kong International Airport on Friday announced that it is suspendig passenger transit services for 150 countries in order to control the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Three cases of Omicron strain detected in Colombia: Health Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombia has identified three cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain in people arriving from abroad, the first indication that the highly infectious variant has spread to the Latin American nation, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection sa
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Delta variant identified in Nanjing's COVID-19 clusters
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nanjing [China], July 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The virus strain behind the latest clusters of COVID-19 cases in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, has been identified as the highly infectious Delta variant, local authorities said Tuesday.
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Philippines to impose travel ban on Malaysia, Thailand to prevent Delta va
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines will ban inbound travelers from Malaysia and Thailand from July 25 to 31 to prevent the spread of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday.
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