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Iraq blocks crossings along Chazabeh border to prevent floods
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Apr 6 (ANI): Iraq has temporarily blocked crossings from Chazabeh-Sheib border to prevent the outbreak of heavy floods which are expected to hit the region.
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Congo: Over 600 dead in Ebola outbreak, second deadliest since 2014
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 6 (ANI): In the second deadliest Ebola outbreak since 2014, that killed 11,000 in West Africa, 629 people have lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to UN Secretary General spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, about 1,041 new cases of Ebola have
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Measles oubreak kills 261 people in Philippines
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Mar 8 (ANI): As many as 261 people, mostly children under the age of five, have lost their lives due to measles in the Philippines since the start of 2019, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Measles outbreak claims 130 lives in Manila
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feb 19 (ANI): A measles outbreak this year in Manila has claimed 130 lives so far. Among dead are mostly children aged between one and four, health authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
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More than 500 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 500, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
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Fiji records 69 cases of leptospirosis, 4 deaths
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Suva [Fiji], Jan 31 (ANI): Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection spread through the urine of rodents and other animals, has gripped Fiji this monsoon, with 69 cases of infections being reported by authorities until Thursday, while four people have died.
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Himachal Pradesh: Death toll due to swine flu rises to 9
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] Jan 29 (ANI): Nine people have died so far due to swine flu this year in Himachal Pradesh.
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WHO lists 10 threats to global health in 2019
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 21 (ANI): Taking to its website, the World Health Organization (WHO) has written that the world is facing multiple health challenges. These include outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesit
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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New York witnesses largest measles outbreak in recent history
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 09 (ANI): Amid spike in measles cases globally, New York too is seeing the largest outbreak of measles outbreak in the state's recent history.
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Over 600 cases of Ebola detected in Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 3 (ANI): Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health revealed that over 600 cases of Ebola virus have been detected in the region since the outbreak of the disease in August last year.
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DRC all set to go for polling amid Ebola outbreak
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Dec 30 (ANI): Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are all set to exercise their franchise today, amid the country's worst Ebola outbreak that has taken the lives of more than 330 people in the eastern provinces of the country.
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