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Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHOCentral Africa faces a deadly Ebola outbreak with nearly 500 confirmed cases. The World Health Organization reported 452 cases and 82 death...- Hantavirus scare a wake-up call: Why India must build its disease X defencesA recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship echoes past pandemic scares. Experts warn Disease X, a future unknown pathogen, is a near cer...
- Odisha declares Hepatitis B and C as notifiable diseasesThe state government of Odisha in India declared Hepatitis B and C as notifiable diseases due to their emergence as major health problems. ...
- Karnataka HC quashes case against CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar for COVID-19 rule violationThe complaint against Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar along with eleven others was filed by the tahsildar of Ramanagara on January 12, 2022. It...
- No proof of mock drill leading to death of 22 patients in Agra hospital, says reportTwo panels were formed to conduct the enquiry - a four-member death audit committee and a two-member magisterial committee. On Friday night...
- Centre, states took multiple legislative steps to prevent spread of virus in 2020, says reportSeveral states, including Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Punjab and Telangana issued Covid-19 regulations for the prevention of the...
- Delhi govt declares black fungus epidemic as number of cases rises, issues regulationsThe government said that all healthcare facilities will report each and every suspected or confirmed cases of black fungus to the city heal...
- Black Fungus declared an epidemic in Bihar"Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced black fungus as an epidemic," said CMO.
- RT-PCR negative, but you may still be infected by coronavirusDoctors across the state are coming across an increasing number of cases where patients test negative in RT-PCR but their high-resolution C...
- Maharashtra government looks to cap prices of some key Covid drugsThe state government will invoke the Epidemic Diseases Act to cap prices of the injectable drug, as it did last year to limit the prices of...
- Rs 500 fine in Chhattisgarh now for not wearing mask, up from Rs 100The state health and family welfare department on Thursday issued an order to this effect under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to contain ...
- Mumbai: BMC bans Holi celebrations amid rise in COVID-19 casesAction will be taken against violators under the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 and Disaster Management Act, 2005, the circular stated.
- Maharashtra lawyer seeks mask violation case against Raj ThackerayAn advocate in Aurangabad on Sunday submitted an application to police demanding registration of a complaint against Maharashtra Navnirman ...
- View: January 26 violence could have been prevented if Centre had invoked 1897 Epidemic Diseases Act and the 2020 AmendmentThis frenzied so-called kisan cavalcade was followed by TV-channel journalists, who, in their eagerness to get close to the story, sometime...
- Plaints on fleecing Covid patients: Telangana warns private hospitals, threatens to seize 50% ICU bedsIn a statement late on Monday, the Telangana government said it has received 1,039 written complaints in all from the Covid-19 patients on ...
- Lockdown violation: 568 arrested, Rs 13 lakh collected as fine in UPA fine of Rs 13 lakh was imposed on as many as 568 people have been arrested in this district of Uttar Pradesh for reportedly violating the...
- Armed with ordinance, Odisha now may send epidemic rule violators to jail for 2 yrsAs per the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, anybody who disobeys any regulation or order made under the principal Act is liab...
- Covid-19: Antique laws return to fight a modern diseaseTo fight Covid-19 outbreak, Maha has brought in antiquated laws, including a 19th century colonial statute
- The 123-year-old law that India may invoke to counter coronavirusFollowing the World Health Organisation's far-reaching announcement, the Union cabinet secretary yesterday said all states and Union Territ...
- COVID-19: Govt calls for invoking provisions of Epidemic Act; GOM reviews preparationsThe identification of additional quarantine facilities, development of isolation wards, training of health workers and doctors are also bei...
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