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'Homework Zones' Established In China's Hospitals As Respiratory Infections Spread
Images of students doing their homework while on a drip have indeed gone viral on social media. The pictures have sparked a heated debate.
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China's Respiratory Illness Surge Not As High As Pre-Covid: WHO Official
The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently going through is not as high as before the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organisation official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases.
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Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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What Is Disease X? It Could Bring The Next Pandemic, Says Expert
"Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease," mentions WHO.
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WHO To Identify Pathogens That Could Cause Future Pandemics
The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and need to be kept under close observation.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health Leaders Stress On Strong Global Coordination To Tackle Pandemics
At least one novel pathogen emerges every year, therefore, there is a need for a coordinated global response to tackle pandemics, health leaders said in Davos.
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Covid-Killing Stainless Steel Kills Virus Within Hours. Here's How
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed the world's first stainless steel that kills the Covid-19 virus within hours, adding to the arsenal of products being created globally to curb the pathogen that triggered the worst pandemic of the past century.
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Indian Epidemiologist In Advisory Group For Origins Of Covid-Like Pathogens
Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, a leading Indian epidemiologist, has been named to an expert group launched by the WHO that will examine origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, including SARS-CoV-2.
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Government Tweaks Rules For Testing As COVID-19 Cases Rise. Details Here
No Reverse transcription PCR or RT-PCR tests - conducted to detect the presence of pathogens in the body - will be done for coronavirus patients showing mild symptoms before they are discharged, the Union Health Ministry said today as it revised its guidelines for the discharge of COVID-19 patients.
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"Chinese Virus," Says Trump Amid US-China Blame Game Over Pandemic
The United States and China on Monday each demanded that the other stop smearing its reputation over the novel coronavirus as US President Donald Trump referred to the pathogen as the "Chinese Virus."
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'Homework Zones' Established In China's Hospitals As Respiratory Infections Spread
Images of students doing their homework while on a drip have indeed gone viral on social media. The pictures have sparked a heated debate.
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China's Respiratory Illness Surge Not As High As Pre-Covid: WHO Official
The spike in respiratory illnesses that China is currently going through is not as high as before the COVID-19 pandemic, a World Health Organisation official said, reiterating that no new or unusual pathogens had been found in the recent cases.
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Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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What Is Disease X? It Could Bring The Next Pandemic, Says Expert
"Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease," mentions WHO.
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WHO To Identify Pathogens That Could Cause Future Pandemics
The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and need to be kept under close observation.
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Covid Pandemic Led To Surge In "Superbug Infections": EU's Disease Agency
Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health Leaders Stress On Strong Global Coordination To Tackle Pandemics
At least one novel pathogen emerges every year, therefore, there is a need for a coordinated global response to tackle pandemics, health leaders said in Davos.
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Covid-Killing Stainless Steel Kills Virus Within Hours. Here's How
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed the world's first stainless steel that kills the Covid-19 virus within hours, adding to the arsenal of products being created globally to curb the pathogen that triggered the worst pandemic of the past century.
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Indian Epidemiologist In Advisory Group For Origins Of Covid-Like Pathogens
Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, a leading Indian epidemiologist, has been named to an expert group launched by the WHO that will examine origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential, including SARS-CoV-2.
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Government Tweaks Rules For Testing As COVID-19 Cases Rise. Details Here
No Reverse transcription PCR or RT-PCR tests - conducted to detect the presence of pathogens in the body - will be done for coronavirus patients showing mild symptoms before they are discharged, the Union Health Ministry said today as it revised its guidelines for the discharge of COVID-19 patients.
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"Chinese Virus," Says Trump Amid US-China Blame Game Over Pandemic
The United States and China on Monday each demanded that the other stop smearing its reputation over the novel coronavirus as US President Donald Trump referred to the pathogen as the "Chinese Virus."
