London: British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic’s growth rate has slowed. The U.K.’s Health Security Agency said in a statement there were “early signs that the outbreak is plateauing,” with 2,859 cases detected since May. No deaths have been reported. Last month, authorities […]
Beijing: A man in Beijing is under criminal probe after he skipped out on mandated Covid-19 home isolation, prompting authorities to send his more than 5,000 neighbours into home or government quarantine, officials said on Monday. The actions by the man, who later tested positive, come as the Chinese capital and Shanghai begin to ease […]
The study found that the outbreak left traces in the genetic makeup of people from East Asia, an area that is now China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, said the researchers from the Queensland University of Technology
According to WHO, tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year, of which at least 7 million are the direct result of tobacco use, whereas about 1.2 million are exposed to second-hand smoke.
Apart from the existing contributing factors like steroids, compromised immunity, uncontrolled diabetes and excessive use of antibiotics, researchers are now also linking the excessive use of zinc supplements to mucormycosis.
With the rate of new infections, hospitalisations and deaths accelerating months after the lifting of a nationwide lockdown, new rules on social distancing will enter into force starting Tuesday.
