Bird flu detected in raw milk in US. Here's what you need to know and what you should doCalifornia health officials reported bird flu in a sample of raw milk from a Fresno dairy, prompting a voluntary recall. This follows a rec...
26 Nov, 2024, 02.29 PM IST
Samples of contacts of deceased child return negative for Nipah; Source yet to be identifiedThis virus is also known as a zoonotic virus, nipah virus or NiV and it is transmitted from animals (bats or pigs) to humans or from an inf...
12 Sep, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
Bird flu outbreak reported in 4 states; advisories issued to contain further spread: CentreIn a statement, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said that other states have been asked to keep a vigil on an...
06 Jan, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Joe Biden vows virus action on 'day one' as Europe reels from second waveThe United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on "day ...
07 Nov, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Over 3 million cases of coronavirus reported in MideastIn the Mideast, the hardest-hit nation remains Iran, which served as the initial epicenter of the virus in the region.
30 Oct, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
Italy approves partial lockdown; Spain announces national curfewItaly and Spain had managed to tamp down the initial ourbreak with some of the world's strictest national lockdowns. The easing of those me...
25 Oct, 2020, 11.43 PM IST
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on averageThe United States and Latin America are the new epicenters of the pandemic and both are struggling to curb the spread of the virus.The coro...
05 Aug, 2020, 10.57 AM IST
Military jets fly over US cities to salute frontline workersResidents of the nation's capital Washington, as well as Baltimore and Atlanta were treated to sights of the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air...
03 May, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
ET Explains: Everything you need to know about coronavirusThe deadly outbreak has claimed lives of over 169,000 people and infected nearly 2,500,000 globally. The WHO has declared it a pandemic.
21 Apr, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
US may need to extend social distancing for virus until 2022, study saysThe study comes as more than 2,200 people died in the United States from the outbreak on Tuesday, a record, according to a Reuters tally, e...
15 Apr, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
WHO warns Covid-19 'far from over' in Asia and PacificUrging governments at all levels in the region to stay engaged in efforts to combat the virus, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacifi...
31 Mar, 2020, 02.11 PM IST
Lockdown’s success in China offers hope for world’s virus fightNew cases of the virus transmitting within the country dropped to zero about eight weeks after the government’s massive quarantine of some ...
25 Mar, 2020, 05.01 PM IST
Indians at the covid epicentre: Locked out, confused & waiting to come homeMany students ET spoke with feared they would be left to the mercy of the already-overburdened Italian healthcare system if they test posit...
16 Mar, 2020, 07.13 AM IST
Coronavirus update: WHO says window to contain outbreak is narrowingThere’s no need for fear and panic in the markets, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the world body, said in Riyadh Sunday. W...
01 Mar, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
Belgium confirms its 1st case of virusThe individual was among nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan, China, over the weekend.
04 Feb, 2020, 03.07 PM IST
The age, sex and symptoms of China’s Coronavirus victimsThe virus has already spread to other parts of China and elsewhere triggering memories of the SARS pandemic.
25 Jan, 2020, 10.53 AM IST
Nipah death toll touches 12, samples of fruit eating bats being collected for testingAccording to an official, the droppings, urine and secretions of the bats would also be sent for testing.
26 May, 2018, 07.22 PM IST