Tag: Notifiable disease
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Delhi Government Declares Human Rabies Notifiable to Strengthen Public Health Response
Overview: A Bold Public Health Move The Delhi Government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has announced that human rabies will be declared a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act. This decision marks a significant shift in how the capital city tracks, reports, and responds to rabies cases. By mandating reporting of human rabies,…
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Delhi Government Declares Human Rabies a Notifiable Disease to Strengthen Public Health Response
Delhi Takes a Bold Step to Strengthen Rabies Control In a decisive move to curb the public health threat posed by human rabies, the Delhi Government has announced that human rabies will be declared a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act. Led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, the administration says this policy will enhance…
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Bluetongue BTV-8 Case Confirmed in Cornwall: APHA Updates
What happened in Cornwall The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has confirmed a bluetongue virus case (BTV-8) in a sheep on a premises near Launceston, Cornwall, reported on Friday. This marks the first BTV-8 detection in the UK since 2008, while 78 other cases of BTV-3, a different bluetongue strain, have been identified in…
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Bluetongue BTV-8 detected in Cornwall sheep
Cornwall bluetongue case: what happened A bluetongue virus case, type BTV-8, has been confirmed at a premises near Launceston in Cornwall. The Animal and Plant Health Agency said the diagnosis was made on Friday after investigators observed suspicious clinical signs in the flock. This marks the first UK detection of the BTV-8 strain since 2008.…