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COVID-19: Brazil and India eclipse the 4 million case mark

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews During the past week, Brazil and India both surpassed the 4 million COVID-19 case mark, only following the United States as far as total cases. Brazil The Brazil...

Sri Lanka: Dengue cases down in first half of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Sri Lanka Ministry of Health’s Epidemiology Unit has reported 25,795 dengue fever cases through today, a total lower than the 35,294 cases seen during the...

Pakistan polio vaccination: More than 32 million children reached across the country

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More than 32 million children under the age of five vaccinated in 130 districts across Pakistan during the immunization campaign. In addition to the polio drops, children (aged between 6-59 months) received...

COVID-19: India sets one day record as total tally nears 3 million

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported a one day record of COVID-19 cases Friday, recording nearly 70,000. This comes after the country tested more...

India averaging 60K COVID-19 cases during past two weeks

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Indian health officials reported 64,531 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the country total to 2,767,273. During the past 15 days, India has averaged some 60,000...

Rabies kills elephants at Kaziranga National Park according to media account, Anti-Rabies Vaccination drive underway

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Some 16 elephants have died from rabies in the past 3 weeks at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam, India, according to Times Now News report. According to Park Director P.Shivkumar, the...

Global wild poliovirus cases near 100; Philippines achieves target for polio vaccination

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Wild poliovirus Pakistan reported three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases last week, bringing the country total to 63. The latest cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtoon,...

India becomes the 3rd country to top 2 million COVID-19 cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, India became the third country to hit the unfortunate milestone of 2 million COVID-19 cases, following the United States and Brazil. According to the Ministry...

Pakistan: Human rabies death attributed to vaccine being not available

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A 20-year-old man from Narowal, Punjab province, Pakistan died from rabies two months after getting a dog bite, according to a report in the news source, Dawn. According to the report, he sought medical...

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Brazil COVID-19 cases top 2 million, India tops 1 million

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Brazil The Brazil Ministry of Health recorded  45,403 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, putting the total cases at 2,012,151 confirmed cases of the disease. The country has registered some 1.3 million...