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India holds high-level review amid Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; no cases reported

India holds high-level review amid Ebola outbreak in DR Congo; no cases reported

No case of Ebola virus disease has been detected in India, and a high-level review meeting was held on Wednesday to assess the preparedness of states and Union territories and response measures, official sources said. All ministries and departments concerned have also been sensitised and are undertaking appropriate preventive and surveillance measures in coordination with the health ministry, they stated. (AP/Representational) During the meeting under the chairpersonship of Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava, the health secretaries of all states and Union territories were advised to ensure readiness at all levels, they said. Health ministry officials also clarified that no case of Ebola virus disease has been detected in India so far. However, following the declaration of Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), the government has strengthened surveillance and preparedness measures across the country as a precaution, the sources said. Detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) covering pre-arrival and post-arrival screening, quarantine protocols, case management, referral mechanisms, and laboratory testing have already been shared with all states …

2 US passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak ordered to quarantine

2 US passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak ordered to quarantine

U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska. The World Health Organization said last Wednesday that a total of 11 hantavirus cases linked to the cruise have been reported, including three deaths. (AFP) The orders were signed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the CDC said in a statement. Quarantine orders, which can be enforced with fines and prison time, are a rare legal step that can be taken if someone objects to a public health request. All 18 passengers at the Nebraska hospital had been asked to stay at the facility through May 31, part of their monitoring period, according to the CDC. On a call with reporters, the CDC’s Dr. David Fitter said there were no hantavirus cases among the returned U.S. passengers. But symptoms of hantavirus have taken as long as 42 days to appear in previous outbreaks, said Jodie Guest, …

What to know about Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing outbreak in Congo | World News

What to know about Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing outbreak in Congo | World News

4 min readMay 19, 2026 11:56 PM IST The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed more than 130 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there are no specific treatments or vaccines. “There’s nothing even close to ready for clinical trials,” said Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist who treated patients in West Africa during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic. “And so that means responders, healthcare workers and other aid workers are really back to the basics.” Dr. Anne Ancia, a World Health Organization representative who spoke to reporters by video from Bunia in eastern Congo, said the Erbevo vaccine — which was used against a different strain of Ebola — was among those being considered for possible use for the outbreak. A WHO technical committee was meeting later Tuesday to discuss possible options. But even if that vaccine — or another — was approved, it would take two months before it could be available. Here’s what to know about …

Hantavirus outbreak: 2 Indians onboard MV Hondius ‘asymptomatic and healthy’, says Indian embassy in Spain

Hantavirus outbreak: 2 Indians onboard MV Hondius ‘asymptomatic and healthy’, says Indian embassy in Spain

Two Indians onboard MV Hondius are asympotmatic and healthy, Indian embassy in Spain said on Sunday. An Irish Air Corps plane (C) is pictured next to another plane, a Spain’s Emergency Military Unit (UME) and a Spain’s Guardia Civil vehicle at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. (AFP) The two Indian nationals were travelling as crew on the hantavirus-linked ship and have been evacuated to the Netherlands and will be quarantined under the health safety protocol, the embassy said in a statement. Also read: Hantavirus cruise outbreak update: What happens to the passengers on board? “The Ambassador is in close contact with the Spanish authorities and the 02 Indian nationals (crew members) and is regularly monitoring the situation to assure the well-being and safety of the Indian nationals,” the statement further read. Meanwhile, France has said that one of five French passengers who were on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak showed symptoms during a repatriation flight on Sunday. “One of …

‘It’s under control, we hope’: Donald Trump on concerning cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

‘It’s under control, we hope’: Donald Trump on concerning cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had been briefed on the concerning cruise ship-outbreak of hantavirus, and added that he hoped it was very much under control. A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, leaves Praia, Cape Verde, May 6 (Reuters and AFP) Trump’s comments came during an impromptu visit to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, where he has ordered a renovation project. “It’s very much, we hope, under control,” Trump told reporters Thursday. “It was the ship, and I think we’re going to make a full report about it tomorrow. We have a lot of people. It’s a lot of great people are studying it. It should be fine,” he said. An outbreak of the rare hantavirus emerged over weeks on a Duth-flagged cruise ship – MV Hondius – as it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. At least three passengers have died so far and several others have fallen unwell, necessitating evacuation from the ship. Health authorities …

Virus-hit cruise ship evacuees land in Europe

Virus-hit cruise ship evacuees land in Europe

A plane believed to be carrying a passenger from a cruise ship struck by the deadly hantavirus landed in the Netherlands on Wednesday after patients were evacuated from the vessel off Cape Verde. Virus-hit cruise ship evacuees land in Europe Downplaying fears over the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius that has killed three people, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted it was not comparable to the Covid pandemic. The WHO said emergency crews evacuated three people two sick crew members and another person who had been in contact with one of the confirmed cases from the ship, which later left its anchorage off Cape Verde. The three evacuees later boarded flights at the airport in Cape Verde’s capital Praia. One of the medical planes landed in Amsterdam Airport at 1747 GMT, according to AFP reporters at the scene. Another landed at Las Palmas in Spain’s Canary Islands earlier on Wednesday afternoon, an AFP journalist there saw. Spanish officials said that plane was carrying two patients and had landed for technical reasons. Spain’s health …

Bird flu returns in Navapur as H5N1 outbreak raises alarm among poultry farmers

Bird flu returns in Navapur as H5N1 outbreak raises alarm among poultry farmers

Bird flu has resurfaced in Navapur, Maharashtra, with authorities confirming the deadly H5N1 strain. The third outbreak in the region has sparked concern among poultry farmers over losses, while officials step up monitoring and containment measures to prevent further spread Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Andhra Pradesh: One dead, over 70 hospitalised after diarrhoea outbreak in Srikakulam

Andhra Pradesh: One dead, over 70 hospitalised after diarrhoea outbreak in Srikakulam

Srikakulam district authorities, including Collector Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar, monitor the Diarrhea outbreak in Srikakulam town. One dies, two more patients are under a ventilator. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A sudden diarrhea outbreak in Srikakulam town has raised significant health concerns in Andhra Pradesh. As of now, at least one has died and about 70 have been hospitalised. This has come immediately after the issue of five people dying and several being hospitalised, some critical, after consuming adulterated milk in Rajamahendravaram, in East Godavari district. Also Read | Study finds climate change could worsen risk of diarrhoea among children in south, southeast Asia Speaking to The Hindu on Wednesday (February 25), the Srikakulam collector, Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar, said, “A total of 76 suspected cases have been identified. A total of 54 patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals, including KIMS, and one death with comorbidities was also reported. The deceased is identified as M. Suresh, who is over 50 years old, from the Dammalaveedhi of the town. Two more patients are under the ventilator system. …

‘Nipah is rare but serious’, warns WHO chief, says cases linked to outbreak confined to India| India News

‘Nipah is rare but serious’, warns WHO chief, says cases linked to outbreak confined to India| India News

World Health Organisation (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday warned that cases of Nipah virus are rare but also serious. The global health body head also said that cases linked to the Nipah virus outbreak were limited to India and were not reported by any other country. Passengers talk with airport authorities in the thermal-scanning area at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. (REUTERS) “The two case of Nipah virus infection reported by India in West Bengal are the third in this state since the virus was first identified in 1998,” Ghebreyesus worte in a post on X. He also said that authorities in India were following over 190 contacts, and none have developed the disease so far. “Authorities have increased disease surveillance and testing, implemented prevention and control measures in health care settings, and are keeping the public informed about how to protect themselves,” he further wrote. The WHO chief’s warning came a day after the global health body said that the the virus had a ‘low risk’ of spreading and that there was …

Nipah outbreak to Trump-Greenland tensions: What ‘Doomsday Clock’s’ new timeline means

Nipah outbreak to Trump-Greenland tensions: What ‘Doomsday Clock’s’ new timeline means

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an advocacy group of scientists, set the timeline of their iconic ‘Doomsday Clock’ to ’85 seconds to midnight,’ indicating that the world is closer to a catastrophe than ever. The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 85 seconds to midnight. (AP) The new timeline, for which the world was eagerly waiting, was announced at a press conference by the group at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC on Friday. The ‘Doomsday Clock’ was established in the post-Cold War era to predict how close humanity is to total destruction. Last year, the clock was set at ’87 seconds to midnight’ – meaning, we have moved two seconds closer in the new timeline. In the presser, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited a host of reasons why the clock has moved forward by two seconds. They linked the verdict to risks of nuclear war, potential misuse of biotechnology, climate catastrophe, and the increasing, unrestricted use of artificial intelligence. The announcement sparked an …