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India: 4th death due to ‘monkey fever’ reported in Shivamogga, Karnataka

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in India are reporting the fourth death in 2020 from Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), or monkey fever, in Shivamogga district in Karnataka state. The...

Pakistan reports two Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases in Sindh

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) in Karachi are reporting two cases of  Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Sindh province in a week. The...

Pakistan COVID-19 update: Cases near 1,500, UNICEF ships PPE

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Pakistan Ministry of Health is reporting 1,495 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country through Saturday. The bulk of the cases have been reported in Punjab (557)...

Pakistan records two additional polio cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported two additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Sindh province this past week. This brings the number of 2020 cases in Pakistan to 32 and...

India COVID-19: Government issues 21-day lockdown

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Government of India announced today the Ministries/ Departments of Government of India, State/Union Territory Governments and State/ Union Territory Authorities...

Sri Lanka COVID-19 and dengue updates

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews COVID-19 With the addition of a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 case Saturday, the total case count in Sri Lanka now stands at 78 with one case reported...

Pakistan polio total rises to 30 year to date, Polio workers pitching in with COVID-19 surveillance

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported five additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases during the past week, bringing the total to 30 in 2020 to date. The five new cases include two...

Pakistan reports four additional wild poliovirus cases, Vaccination campaign scheduled for Islamabad

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported an additional four wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases this past week, one each in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and two in Sindh. According...

Pakistan reports 4 additional polio cases, Afghanistan see first cases of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Global health officials reported six additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in two countries last week, bringing the total for the year to 23. In Pakistan, four...

India making efforts to stave off coronavirus

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Government officials in India shared the efforts being made to contain the spread of Coronavirus. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi himself is leading the efforts...