Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A youth buyer is consuming raw date palm juice at the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Recently, Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consuming raw da

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A youth buyer carring raw date palm juice in bottle at the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Recently, Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consuming r

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A Plastic Container is hanging on at the Date palm tree for collecting Raw date palm juice very carefully with full protection. Recently, Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to r

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

Health Department Warns Against Consuming Raw Date Juice - Bangladesh

A man carefully collects date palm juice from a plastic container on the outskirts of Sylhet city on a winter morning. Doctors and Health Department have advised to be very careful about drinking raw date juice. According to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), people are dying of Nipah virus after consuming raw date juice. In Bangladesh, Nipah virus is mainly spread by bats. The risk of contracting this virus is high between December and April. When bats are hung on palm trees to collect sap, the virus is transmitted by bat saliva or feces in the sap in the container. Many people, including children, are infected by eating any partial fruit eaten by bats. People eat the juice raw and get infected. IEDCR director said 71 percent of people infected with Nipah virus die. Already this year 2023, 10 people have died of Nipah virus so far. Therefore, due to the risk of death due to Nipah virus, last December 14, 2023, the Department of Health issued a warning to refrain from consumi

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Xinhua Headlines: With strong central authorities' support, Hong Kong goes all-out to turn COVID-19 tide

(220218) -- HONG KONG, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A panel of epidemiology experts gather before setting out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

Xinhua Headlines: With strong central authorities' support, Hong Kong goes all-out to turn COVID-19 tide

Xinhua Headlines: With strong central authorities' support, Hong Kong goes all-out to turn COVID-19 tide

(220218) -- HONG KONG, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Carrie Lam (R, front), chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, welcomes epidemiology experts dispatched from neighboring Guangdong Province as they arrive in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 17, 2022. (Xinhua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

(220217) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mobile COVID-19 test vehicles set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. A panel of epidemiology experts were sent from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong on Thursday, along with two mobile COVID-19 test vehicles, read the statement. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

(220217) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mobile COVID-19 test vehicles set out to Hong Kong for assistance in COVID-19 fight, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 17, 2022. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on the website that it has been paying close attention to the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. A panel of epidemiology experts were sent from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong on Thursday, along with two mobile COVID-19 test vehicles, read the statement. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-COVID-19-EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERTS (CN)

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