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13 Indians in Singapore test positive for Zika, confirms MEA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.1 (ANI): The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) has confirmed that 13 Indians have tested positive for the Zika virus in Singapore, after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease that at first affected three dozen workers on a construction site.
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New tactic to fight mosquitoes in more efficient and sustainable way
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug. 27 (ANI): A recent research shows that chemical substances emitted by one of the mosquito's natural enemies, the backswimmer bug make the biological pesticide Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) more deadly.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan is fully conscious of need to prevent breeding of mosqu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 24 (ANI): There has been reports suggesting that the NDMC has since January 2016 issued 52 notices to the Rashtrapati Bhavan in connection with potential conditions within President's Estate which may lead to breeding of mosquitoes.
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Olympian Sudha Singh diagnosed with H1N1 virus, not Zika
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru, Aug 23 (ANI): Marathon runner Sudha Singh, who has given blood samples for tests to check for the Zika virus, has been diagnosed with H1NI infection and not the disease contracted from daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes.
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Believers Church distributes 2500 mosquito nets on 'World Mosquito Da
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI-NewsVoir): Country has witnessed phenomenal rainfall this year and it has also brought with it diseases like Viral Fever, Malaria, Dengue and Typhoid etc. With a motive to safeguard families from these dreadful diseases during the monsoon season, Believers Church has s
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Believers Church launches Mosquito Net distribution campaign
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI-NewsVoir): With an aim to prevent the slum dwellers and poor families from Malaria and Dengue during monsoon season, Believers Church started a nation-wide 'Mosquito Net' distribution campaign as a part of its community development programme.
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Zika found in common house mosquito in Brazil: Researchers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, July 22 (ANI): Researchers in Brazil have announced the "presence of the Zika virus" in Culex mosquitoes, the common house mosquito in the eastern city of Recife.
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Lanka takes legal action against citizens for breeding dengue mosquitoes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo, July 17 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has taken legal action against a thousand individuals for breeding dengue mosquitoes.
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