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WHO South-East Asia Regional Strategy for the prevention and control of Nipah virus infection 2023–2030

Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging zoonotic virus that has caused outbreaks of severe illness and death in the South-East (SE) Asia Region. While human NiV cases have, to date, been reported only in Bangladesh and India...

10 November, 2023

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No direct evidence COVID started in Wuhan lab, US intelligence report says

U.S. intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. The four-page report by the Office of the Director of National...

30 June, 2023

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Covid-19 cases rise again in Nepal, new virus variant suspected

Experts say the rise in new cases of coronavirus in Nepal comes as no surprise after the rise in new cases in India and given the uninterrupted cross-border movement. The ongoing rise in Covid cases is a clear sign that...

4 April, 2023

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Avian flu reappears in Cambodia, UN health agency warns

These are the first cases of avian influenza, known as H5N1, reported in Cambodia since a widespread outbreak in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The infection, which largely affects animals, has a 50 per...

27 February, 2023

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