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Woman recovering after weekend Twin Bridge accident; fire officials react – 14 News WFIE Evansville
Woman recovering after weekend Twin Bridge accident; fire officials react 14 News WFIE Evansville
Drug Lab Explosion Rocks Mission Viejo Neighborhood – Mission Viejo, CA Patch
Drug Lab Explosion Rocks Mission Viejo Neighborhood Mission Viejo, CA Patch
5 Arrested in Connection with Fentanyl Overdose: DEA – NBC 7 San Diego
5 Arrested in Connection with Fentanyl Overdose: DEA NBC 7 San Diego
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Zimbabwe (08): (MV) cattle, human, additional cases
Anthrax -- ZimbabweMore than 30 000 cattle have been vaccinated against anthrax in Bikita and Gutu districts in Masvingo Province following the outbreak of the disease recently, an official has said. This comes in the wake of reports that more people continued to be diagnosed with anthrax as the districts have recorded more than 70 patients while 50 cattle have also died as of [Fri 24 Jan 2020].In an interview, the Department of Veterinary Services provincial officer, Dr. Ernest Dzimwasha, said his Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Crimean-Congo hem. fever- Africa (02): Uganda (QI)
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- UgandaSocial media have reported a confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever [CCHF] in Kagadi (Uganda), in addition to 4 more suspect cases reported from the same district. An RFI has been sent to the members in order to verify the event and collect more information on cases, occupational exposure and implemented public health response measures.EpiCore network has confirmed the event. Following a direct information from the National Public Health Institute Read more [...]
DG Digest: FMCSA extends IRC on highway routing of hazmat, FRA sets drug & alcohol test rates for 2020
Last Saturday marked the Chinese New Year; the year 4718 in the Chinese calendar and the Year of the Rat, which renews the twelve year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac. In Chinese culture, rats represent the positive traits of quickness, cleverness, and the ability to thrive even under difficult circumstances. The Labelmaster family wishes all...
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PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (21): China, Canada, Sri Lanka ex China
Coronavirus -- ChinaAt 04:00 on [25 Jan 2020], 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 688 new confirmed cases, 87 new severe cases, and 15 new deaths (13 in Hubei Province and 1 in Shanghai, 1 case in Henan Province), 11 new cases were cured and discharged, and 1309 new cases were suspected.As of 24:00 on [25 Jan 2020], the National Health Commission had received a total of 1975 confirmed cases in 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and 324 severe cases. A Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Black spot, citrus – Tunisia: 1st report
Other Plant Disease -- TunisiaIn March and April 2019, symptoms resembling citrus black spot were observed on citrus fruit (_Citrus limon_ and _C. sinensis_) in Nabeul Gouvernorat. A survey was undertaken in 339 orchards in this region. Symptoms were observed in 69 orchards. Diseased fruits had freckle spots or hard spots bearing pycnidia, whereas no symptom was observed on leaves.Pathogen isolates were identified tentatively [by morphology] as _Phyllosticta_ spp. The species was confirmed from 2 Read more [...]
Hazardous materials scare closes Chatham street | Greene County – Hudson Valley 360
Hazardous materials scare closes Chatham street | Greene County Hudson Valley 360
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (20): China, wildlife trade ban
Coronavirus -- ChinaChina on [Sun 26 Jan 2020] ordered a temporary ban on the trade in wild animals as the country struggles to contain a deadly virus believed to have been spawned in a market that sold wild animals as food.Raising, transporting, or selling all wild animal species is forbidden "from the date of the announcement until the national epidemic situation is over," said a joint directive from the country's market watchdog, agricultural ministry, and forestry bureau said in a joint statement.The Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (19): China (HU) Transmission dynamics
Coronavirus — China
PRO/AH/EDR> Newcastle disease – Russia: (KS) poultry, OIE
Newcastle Disease -- RussiaInformation received on [and dated] 22 Jan 2020 from Dr. Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, RussiaSummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 9 Jan 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 14 Jan 2020Report date: 22 Jan 2020Date submitted to OIE: 22 Jan 2020Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 2 Jan Read more [...]
County's hazardous materials panel to add 'environmental justice' member – danvillesanramon.com
County’s hazardous materials panel to add ‘environmental justice’ member danvillesanramon.com
PRO/AH/EDR> Hemorrhagic septicemia – India: (OR) water buffalo
Hemorrhagic Fever -- IndiaAround 40 buffaloes have died within 4 days due to suspected Sahana disease (hemorrhagic septicemia) in a number of villages located in the Garadapur block of Odisha's Kendrapara."The disease is currently confined to 5 villages under the Garadapur block [map at ]," Prasanna Kumar Patnaik, the chief district veterinary officer of Kendrapada, said."The people of the affected villages have been instructed to keep away from the dead animals and inform officials. If they must Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (05): research
MERS — Worldwide/Unknown
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (11): Pakistan (KP) tribal districts
Polio -- PakistanTwo more polio cases have surfaced from Landikotal tehsil in Khyber tribal district, after which the number of reported cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reached 4 this year [2020].According to the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), a 2-year-old [male child] from Nekikhel and another child from Torwela have been diagnosed with polio. The samples of these 2 children were sent for laboratory tests in 2019, so these cases will be counted in the tally of 2019, which stands at 141 now.The Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (04): Saudi Arabia (AS, RI, QS), nosocomial transmission susp, RFI
MERS -- Saudi ArabiaIn the 2 days since the last update was prepared (see MERS-CoV (03): Saudi Arabia (AS,RI) RFI http://promedmail.org/post/20200124.6911579), there have been 3 additional newly confirmed cases posted on the Saudi MOH website. No outcomes were reported.Information on newly confirmed cases:[1]Date of confirmation report: 22 Jan 2020Case No. 20-1989A 36-year-old female in Abha city, Aseer (Asir) regionContact with camels: noCase classification: secondaryHealthcare worker: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Theileria – USA: (WV) cattle, longhorned tick
Tick-borne disease -- United StatesThe West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed the presence of _Theileria orientalis_ Ikeda genotype in 3 West Virginia counties. The WVDA is working with the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine's diagnostic laboratory at Virginia Tech to determine the extent of the disease across the region and understand its impact on the livestock industry. Additional surveillance samples are being collected throughout West Virginia._Theileria_ Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (18): China (HU) animal reservoir
Coronavirus -- ChinaSince the SARS outbreak 18 years ago, a large number of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoV) have been discovered in their natural reservoir host, bats. Previous studies indicated that some of those bat SARSr-CoVs have the potential to infect humans. Here we report the identification and characterization of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China. The epidemic, started from 12 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Kyasanur Forest disease – India (04): (KA) animal, ticks
Kyasanur Forest Disease -- IndiaViscera samples of dead monkeys, collected from Shantigrama in Koppa taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, have tested positive to Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD).The ticks from 10 different places in Koppa taluk, including Shantigramma, Heruru and Kunduru, were collected and sent to the laboratory. The presence of KFD virus was confirmed in the samples of infected ticks collected from Shantigrama.District Surveillance Officer Dr. Manjunath said that the ticks collected Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (04): Congo DR (NK,IT) cases, opinion
Ebola — DR Congo
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (17): China (HU), France, USA ex China, Viet Nam p2p trans.
Coronavirus -- ChinaAt 04:00 on [24 Jan 2020], 29 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 444 new confirmed cases and 16 new deaths. Three new cases were cured and discharged. A total of 19 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported 1118 new suspected cases; 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) reported the epidemic situation, and Qinghai Province was newly added.As of 24:00 on [24 Jan 2020], the Health and Health Commission received a total of 1287 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Americas (02): Bolivia (CB)
Hantavirus -- BoliviaThe 1st case of [a] hantavirus [infection] was confirmed in our country [this year in 2020]. The affected individual is an adolescent who contracted the disease in the tropical area of Cochabamba [department].[Byline: Fernando Eid][El Dia has a video clip available on the above Twitter URL with additional information (in Spanish, trans. Mod.TY):The affected individual is a 15-year-old boy who was just released from the hospital ICU. He had a febrile disease. He had been in the Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (10): global, Pakistan (BA, SD)
Polio -- AfghanistanNew wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 3Environment: 7Others: 0New cVDPV isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 21Environment: 6Others: 3Headlines- The GPEI Polio Partners Group convened the 8th annual technical workshop on [6 Dec 2019] where a global overview of the status of poliovirus detection was presented among other polio updates. The meeting presentations are now available at .Summary of new viruses this week (AFP cases and ES Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (03): Uganda (BL, MY)
Yellow Fever -- UgandaMinister of Health, @JaneRuth_Aceng confirms the outbreak of Yellow Fever in Moyo District in West Nile region and Buliisa District in Hoima region in #Uganda.@WHOUganda country representative, @tegegny speaks about the Yellow fever vaccine. "The Yellow Fever vaccine is one of those vaccines where you need to be vaccinated only once," he says.@MinofHealthUG has also applied to @gavi and WHO for inclusion of the Yellow Fever vaccination into the routine immunisation schedule. Read more [...]
PRO/AH> Avian influenza (16): United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) poultry, NOT
Avian Influenza -- United KingdomInvestigations of the suspicious case in poultry in Northern Ireland excluded involvement with notifiable avian influenza (H5 and H7 subtypes) plus Newcastle disease.--Professor Ian H. Brown, MIBiol PhDHead of Virology DepartmentDirector of OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle DiseaseOIE Reference Laboratory for Swine InfluenzaAnimal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)Weybridge, UK[We are grateful to Professor Brown for the above Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (03): Saudi Arabia (AS,RI) RFI
MERS -- Saudi ArabiaIn the 15 days since the last update (MERS-CoV (02): Saudi Arabia (RI, MD), UAE (AZ), WHO http://promedmail.org/post/20200109.6878155) there have been 5 newly confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection reported from Saudi Arabia and 3 recoveries.Information on newly confirmed cases (5)[1]Date of confirmation report: 10 Jan 2020Case no.: 20-1984A 64-year-old male in Buraidah city Qaseem [Al Qasim] regionContact with camels: noCase classification: primaryHealthcare worker: Read more [...]
