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India Reports First Case of Highly-Transmissible Mpox Clade 1b Variant in Kerala
India has reported its first mpox case with the highly transmissible clade 1b strain. A 38-year-old man from Kerala, recently returned from Dubai, has been infected with the new variant. Health authorities are tracing and monitoring 66 contacts, including 29 family members and 37 flight passengers, but no symptoms have been detected so far. The Ind...
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Mpox Virus Clade-2 Confirmed in Isolated Case in India, Health Ministry Activates Identification Protocols
The Health Ministry has confirmed an isolated case of Mpox virus Clade-2 in a patient who recently travelled from a country with ongoing Mpox transmission. The patient is in stable condition and isolated in a designated healthcare facility. Public health measures, including contact tracing and monitoring, have been implemented to prevent further sp...
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Centre Issues Directive Over Mpox Outbreak: What Are The Symptoms
The government has issued a directive over the Mpox outbreak and suggested screening, testing, and contact tracing of all suspected patients.
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"Prevent Undue Panic": Centre's Advisory To States On Mpox
Mpox Cases in India:The government has recommended screening and testing of all suspected monkeypox patients, and isolation of confirmed cases, as well as contact tracing to "prevent and/or minimise risk of any case or death due to Mpox".
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Aarogya Setu Data From Kerala Not Shared With US Technology Firm, MoS IT Says
Aarogya Setu data pertaining to Kerala was not shared with a US-based technology firm authorised to collate, collect, and manage and handle health data of people in the state, according to Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also stated that data collected by the contact tracing app up to May 10 last year, had ...
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Viral Video Shows Shanghai Crowds Running To Escape Lockdown
Authorities in China decided to lock the store down after a close contact of a COVID-19 patient was traced to the location.
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Delhi Ramps Up Measures To Tackle Spike In Covid Cases
Deploying more people for monitoring home isolation cases, restocking medicines and aggressive contact tracing to identify affected areas, district authorities have ramped up measures to tackle the current spike in coronavirus cases in Delhi.
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Beijing Extends Covid Curbs As Lockdown Anger In Shanghai Grows
China's capital Beijing closed more gyms, malls, cinemas and apartment blocks on Friday, with authorities ramping up contact tracing to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
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23 Students From 4 Noida Schools Tested Positive In Past 3 Days: Official
The Chief Medical Officer of Gautam Buddha Nagar said contact tracing of the infected students was on.
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South Africa Reinstates Covid Contact Tracing, Quarantine Requirements
South Africa on Wednesday brought back the requirements of contact tracing and quarantine under certain circumstances amid rising COVID-19 cases, less than a week after it announced to do away with them.
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Covid Contact Tracing Reinstated In South Africa Amid Omicron Surge
South Africa said Tuesday it would reinstate efforts to trace the contacts of people infected with coronavirus after a backlash over plans to scrap the measure.
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South Africa Stops Tracing, Quarantining Contacts Of COVID-19 Cases
South Africa has stopped tracing and quarantining contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases with immediate effect, the health department has said, as the country tries to bounce back from economic downturn precipitated by the pandemic.
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Trace, Track, Quarantine: Karnataka Amps Covid Surveillance Over Omicron
Karnataka has asked officials to trace, track and quarantine primary and secondary contacts of Covid patients in the state in a fresh notification issued by the state's health department.
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200 Primary Contacts Of Karnataka Omicron Cases Traced, Some Tested +ve: Official
At least 200 people who came in contact with the two Omicron patients in Karnataka are being traced and isolated, a senior official said today, adding that some of them have been found positive.
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13 Foreign Returnees In UP's Meerut Gave Wrong Numbers, Addresses
Thirteen of the nearly 300 international travellers who landed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut have provided wrong contact details to the administration, the district's chief medical officer has said, adding that efforts are on to locate them.
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India Reports First Case of Highly-Transmissible Mpox Clade 1b Variant in Kerala
India has reported its first mpox case with the highly transmissible clade 1b strain. A 38-year-old man from Kerala, recently returned from Dubai, has been infected with the new variant. Health authorities are tracing and monitoring 66 contacts, including 29 family members and 37 flight passengers, but no symptoms have been detected so far. The Ind...
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Mpox Virus Clade-2 Confirmed in Isolated Case in India, Health Ministry Activates Identification Protocols
The Health Ministry has confirmed an isolated case of Mpox virus Clade-2 in a patient who recently travelled from a country with ongoing Mpox transmission. The patient is in stable condition and isolated in a designated healthcare facility. Public health measures, including contact tracing and monitoring, have been implemented to prevent further sp...
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Centre Issues Directive Over Mpox Outbreak: What Are The Symptoms
The government has issued a directive over the Mpox outbreak and suggested screening, testing, and contact tracing of all suspected patients.
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"Prevent Undue Panic": Centre's Advisory To States On Mpox
Mpox Cases in India:The government has recommended screening and testing of all suspected monkeypox patients, and isolation of confirmed cases, as well as contact tracing to "prevent and/or minimise risk of any case or death due to Mpox".
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Aarogya Setu Data From Kerala Not Shared With US Technology Firm, MoS IT Says
Aarogya Setu data pertaining to Kerala was not shared with a US-based technology firm authorised to collate, collect, and manage and handle health data of people in the state, according to Minister of State for Information and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He also stated that data collected by the contact tracing app up to May 10 last year, had ...
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Viral Video Shows Shanghai Crowds Running To Escape Lockdown
Authorities in China decided to lock the store down after a close contact of a COVID-19 patient was traced to the location.
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Delhi Ramps Up Measures To Tackle Spike In Covid Cases
Deploying more people for monitoring home isolation cases, restocking medicines and aggressive contact tracing to identify affected areas, district authorities have ramped up measures to tackle the current spike in coronavirus cases in Delhi.
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Beijing Extends Covid Curbs As Lockdown Anger In Shanghai Grows
China's capital Beijing closed more gyms, malls, cinemas and apartment blocks on Friday, with authorities ramping up contact tracing to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
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23 Students From 4 Noida Schools Tested Positive In Past 3 Days: Official
The Chief Medical Officer of Gautam Buddha Nagar said contact tracing of the infected students was on.
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South Africa Reinstates Covid Contact Tracing, Quarantine Requirements
South Africa on Wednesday brought back the requirements of contact tracing and quarantine under certain circumstances amid rising COVID-19 cases, less than a week after it announced to do away with them.
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Covid Contact Tracing Reinstated In South Africa Amid Omicron Surge
South Africa said Tuesday it would reinstate efforts to trace the contacts of people infected with coronavirus after a backlash over plans to scrap the measure.
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South Africa Stops Tracing, Quarantining Contacts Of COVID-19 Cases
South Africa has stopped tracing and quarantining contacts of confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases with immediate effect, the health department has said, as the country tries to bounce back from economic downturn precipitated by the pandemic.
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Trace, Track, Quarantine: Karnataka Amps Covid Surveillance Over Omicron
Karnataka has asked officials to trace, track and quarantine primary and secondary contacts of Covid patients in the state in a fresh notification issued by the state's health department.
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200 Primary Contacts Of Karnataka Omicron Cases Traced, Some Tested +ve: Official
At least 200 people who came in contact with the two Omicron patients in Karnataka are being traced and isolated, a senior official said today, adding that some of them have been found positive.
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13 Foreign Returnees In UP's Meerut Gave Wrong Numbers, Addresses
Thirteen of the nearly 300 international travellers who landed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut have provided wrong contact details to the administration, the district's chief medical officer has said, adding that efforts are on to locate them.
