MYAGDI: More than one hundred locals have taken ill due to the chickenpox outbreak in Hidi village, Myagdi, sources said today. Over the last three days the epidemic has gripped the entire village, affecting almost every household in the region, locals said. Local Siddha Shanti Secondary School announced three days …
MYAGDI: More than one hundred locals have taken ill due to the chickenpox outbreak in Hidi village, Myagdi, sources said today. Over the last three days the epidemic has gripped the entire village, affecting almost every household in the region, locals said. Local Siddha Shanti Secondary School announced three days …
MURAROI, 2 JUNE: About 45 residents of Dhutura village near Muraroi in Birbhum have been suffering from chicken pox for the past three days. An awareness campaign has been initiated by the district health administration to stop chicken pox from spreading to neighbouring villages. The outbreak at Dhutura was first …
May 18: There was a five fold increase in the number of chicken pox cases reported in 2008 compared to the previous year. And this year, over 60 cases have been reported by the second week of May. In 2007, 118 chicken pox cases were reported and they went up …
NEW DELHI: The Capital has recorded over 2,000 cases of chickenpox so far this year, which according to a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official is high for this time of the year. "Over 600 patients have been treated at MCD's outdoor facilities. We do get a lot of chickenpox …
In spite of vaccinations, the breaking out of chicken pox has rung alarm bells in most districts of UP. The situation is so serious that in the first four months of the year, some 38 people have lost their lives to the scourge with 700 patients presently under treatment in …
With a change in season, ailments like viral fevers, chicken pox and vomiting and loose motions have spread in Ghaziabad area. There are at least 100 cases of chicken pox in the area, according to private doctors though officials confirm only about 20 cases. CMO Dr Subodh Kumar has advised …
The Capital has recorded over 1,100 cases of chickenpox this year. This, according to a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official, is high for this time of the year. Over 600 patients were treated at MCD's outdoor facilities, he said. "We do get a lot of chickenpox cases between January …
All stocks of smallpox virus in laboratories should be destroyed as soon as possible, scientists in the US have warned. No one has been immunised against the once-fatal disease for more than two decades now. And hardly any facilities for making the vaccine still exist, says Donald Henderson, epidemiologist at …
Monkeypox is an enzootic disease (prevalent in animals of a particular area) that circulates in monkeys in the rainforests of central and western Africa. It was previously believed that the virus is not easily transmitted to humans. However, 71 cases of monkeypox were recorded from February to August 1996, including …
the monkeypox virus is being transmitted among humans more readily than ever before, according to us researchers. Monkeypox is a virus that has symptoms nearly identical to smallpox. Of the 89 people studied in the Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly 73 per cent had been infected by others, according to …
