Plague
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Fishermen issue become 'plague' for both countries, want to find solution: Sri Lankan President
World | Dec 16, 2024, 04:38 PM IST"There are bottom trawling systems being adopted by the fishermen in that area and that needs to be put an end to because that will spell doom to this industry," said the Sri Lankan President.
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Suspected bubonic plague case in Mongolia tests negative
World | Aug 20, 2020, 02:46 PM ISTA suspected case of bubonic plague in Mongolia' Khovd province was declared negative, authorities said on Thursday. The samples were taken from a 37-year-old resident of Tsetseg soum, who was taken to a local hospital on Sunday after consuming marmot meat, Nyamdorj Tsogbadrakh, director of the National Center for Zoonotic Diseases
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Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in US
World | Jul 14, 2020, 12:48 PM ISTA squirrel tested positive for bubonic plague in Colorado, prompting the US state to issue a health warning, the media reported. The squirrel infection was reported in the town of Morrison, Jefferson County, about 27 km southwest of the state capital Denver, after another case was earlier confirmed in the Broomfield county
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Bubonic Plague alert in China: The 'Black Death' connection and what is happening in China
Fyi | Jul 06, 2020, 10:58 AM ISTBayan nur, a city in northern China, has sounded an alert of a suspected case of bubonic plague. "At present, there is a risk of a human plague epidemic spreading in this city. The public should improve its self-protection awareness and ability, and report abnormal health conditions promptly,” the local health authority said.
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Do you know about the deadly ‘eye-bleeding fever’? Read on to know about the symptoms
Health | Jan 16, 2018, 07:55 PM ISTThe Bleeding Eye Fever that is touted to be deadlier than the plague kills has escalated fear of major health crisis in East Africa.
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Plague quarantine lifted from Chinese city
World | Jul 24, 2014, 01:32 PM ISTBeijing: China has lifted a nine-day quarantine imposed on its north-western city of Yumen following the death of a resident from plague last week.A total of 151 people who had close contact with the infected
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Social network gaffes plague Japanese politicians
World | Jun 20, 2013, 07:38 AM ISTTokyo , Jun 20: On the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion.In the latest flap,