As many as 28 environmental samples collected from Pakistan's 19 districts in January and two collected from Quetta and Khuzdar in December have tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), Dawn reported.
The environmental samples collected from Pakistan's Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Dera Bugti district in Balochistan have been tested positive for wild poliovirus
A total of 53 international travellers have tested positive for COVID during the random sampling at airports across the country amounting to only 0.94 per cent of the total samples collected so far, sources said on Saturday.
The Tamil Nadu Health Department said that two passengers coming from Dubai have been tested positive for the Coronavirus infection at Chennai airport on Wednesday.
The measure applies to travellers from mainland China and those who visited it within the past seven days. They are required to take a COVID-19 test upon their arrival in Japan. Those who test positive will be quarantined for seven days. The Kyodo news agency said Japanese Prime Minister
Five pigs have tested for African Swine Fever in the Katni district of Madhya Pradesh. Following the disease, a prohibitory order has also been issued in the district.
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): More than 30 children in the United States have tested positive for monkeypox, according to local media citing officials.
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in a year.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): A 31-year-old woman tested positive for Monkeypox in the national capital on Wednesday, taking India's tally to nine.