Disease Outbreak Current Affairs, GK & News
African Swine Fever in the North East
The African Swine Fever has stuck Meghalaya. Earlier, it had struck Mizoram. Current Scenario The African Swine Fever has killed 1,700 pigs in Mizoram in a month. It has now spread to Meghalaya and has killed three hundred pigs here so far. African Swine Fever in Philippines The Philippines Government recently placed the country under ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: African swine fever • Animal diseases • Disease Outbreak • Meghalaya • Mizoram • North East • OIE • Philippines
Flint Water Crisis
Nine former officials who served in the Michigan, US and the state’s former governor Rick Snyder were recently charged in connection with a criminal investigation into the Flint Water crisis. Flint Water Crisis The Flint Water Crisis is an ongoing investigation on public health crisis. The issue began when the City of Flint in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • Disease Outbreak • flint river • Lead Poisoning • Pneumonia • Water pollution
WHO: Other Countries will follow China in revising their death toll
On April 18, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that many countries are to follow China in updating their death tolls due to COVID-19. This will happen after they bring the spread of the virus under control. Highlights The major epicenter of COVID-19, Wuhan, recently raised its death toll due to COVID-19 by 50%. According ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: China • COVID-19 • Data • Death toll • Disease Outbreak • Outbreak • WHO
April 14: World Chagas Disease Day
On April 14, 2020, the world community is to celebrate World Chagas Disease Day for the first time. The main aim of marking the day is to increase awareness of Chagas disease. Also, it focuses on the resources needed to prevent, control and eliminate the disease. Highlights The Chagas disease is also called “American trypanosomiasis”. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Disease • Disease Outbreak • Latin America • Parasitic Diseases • WHO • World Chagas Disease Day
China warns cattle imports as India notifies OIE about cattle disease in Odisha
The Chinese Government has issued warnings against import of cattle and related products from India. The warning comes after India submitted its notification about “lumpy skin disease” virus in cattle to the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE). China does not officially import buffalo meat from India. However, a large quantity of beef gets smuggled ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Animal husbandry • Cattle Farming • Disease Outbreak • India China • India exports • lumpy skin disease • milk production • Neethling virus • Odisha