Flawed tests and funerals allowed Ebola to spread undetected in Congo – World
By the time health officials confirmed new Ebola infections in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the total number of suspected cases meant the outbreak was already one of the largest on record. A series of challenges and missteps delayed detection, two Congolese officials familiar with the response told Reuters, allowing the disease to […]
Hantavirus outbreak tests post-Covid health communications playbook – World
A rodent-borne virus with a scary name. A mid-ocean cruise ship in quarantine. Several people dead and more falling sick. It is no wonder that an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus on a luxury liner in the Atlantic has revived some Covid-era trauma and panic online. That has presented a dilemma to health […]
WHO says hantavirus risk low after flight attendant tests negative – World
The World Health Organisation (WHO) insisted on Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public, as countries prepared to repatriate passengers stuck on a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak. Three passengers from the MV Hondius — a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman — have […]
On first Ramazan, gas crisis tests patience of fasting Karachiites – Pakistan
• Residents criticise SSGC over inability to ensure supply• Many forced to buy expensive LPG to meet their needs in the holy month• PPP warns Centre gas crises could push consumers to the end of their tether KARACHI: Fasting people of the city on Tuesday had a great deal of hardship when they woke up […]
North Korea tests ‘underwater nuclear weapon system’ – World
North Korea said on Friday that it had tested an “underwater nuclear weapon system” in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The drills were “seriously threatening the security” of the North, so in response, Pyongyang “conducted an important test of its underwater nuclear weapon […]