Viruses in the news 2012

Vic Micolucci and Lauren Verno with the latest news and information, plus weather and other information to prepare you for the day. Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved. A French prosecutor says a suspect in the slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps and a cyclist has been detained. Saad al-Hilli, his wife Ikbal and his mother-in-law Souhaila al-Allaf, were shot dead on a remote mountain road near Annecy in eastern France.

A French cyclist Sylvain Mollier was also killed. Al-Hilli's two young daughters survived the attack. We have seen that more and more people are admitted with comorbidities.

When positivity is more than 20 per cent then it is an alarming situation and it means that people might require beds and ICU for high-risk patients. He further welcomed the decision of the Delhi Government for closing all restaurants in the national capital. I welcome this decision because there is a lot of infection when we do dining in a closed environment.

Most of the contact have no illness so there is no need for testing. Victoria, which hosts the Grand Slam, reported 37, new cases of Covid on Thursday. However, the most infamous outbreak occurred in where a total of 58 cases were reported in 14 states. In , tomatoes were linked to Salmonella for a total of cases in 21 states. The list of foods linked to salmonella ranged from cantaloupe, peanut butter, raw chicken to even pet food.

In , cases of Salmonella linked to small turtles led to a total of cases in 43 states but no deaths reported. The most recent outbreaks have been reported from consumption of a specific brand of tahini in Common symptoms include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps.

In April of , 20 cases of swine flu were reported in the U. The swine flu was transmitted by pigs as a respiratory disease, usually through contact with farm raisers or participation in fairs.

Also known as pertussis, this respiratory disease surmounted to 48, cases in the U. Coughing fits last up to 10 weeks or more and can be life-threatening for infants. Worldwide, the estimation of whooping cough cases is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was first found in the Arabian Peninsula in and was also associated with the coronavirus once the illness became viral. Only two cases were found in the U. Up until , 2, cases have been reported, including deaths.

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