Wednesday, 22 September 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Kazakhstan (05): (SK) cattle, OIE

Anthrax -- Kazakhstan
Summary:
Report type: Immediate notification
Started: [21 Aug 2021]
Confirmed: [8 Sep 2021]
Reported: 20 Sep 2021
Reason for notification: 1st occurrence in a zone or compartment
Causal agent: _Bacillus anthracis_
Nature of diagnosis: Clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
Outbreak location 1: Tolebiyskiy, South Kazakhstan
Started: 21 Aug 2021
Epidemiological unit: Farm
Total animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths /

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PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis - Canada: (ON) pork products, alert

Salmonella -- Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Ministry of Health in Ontario are warning foodservice operators not to buy, use, or serve shredded pork skins and pork rinds that were sold to restaurants that make Vietnamese/Asian meals in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) due to possible _Salmonella_ contamination. The affected products were sold frozen in clear plastic bags with no labels, no lot codes, no identifiers, and no cooking instructions, CFIA said. "At this time there is no evidence

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PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease - Austria (02): comments

Lyme Disease, Tick-borne Encephalitis -- Austria


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PRO/PL> Blackleg, cabbage - India: (HP)

Other Plant Disease -- India
Cabbage crops in parts of Kangra district [Himachal Pradesh] have been hit by blackleg disease. Scientists from Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University (HPAU) have visited the area. Farmers have been told to treat the crop with copper or other fungicides and also use fungicides while sowing. Infected plants are to be destroyed and drainage of water in fields should be ensured. A monoculture of cabbage crops increases the disease risk.
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Communicated by:
ProMED

[Blackleg (also called

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Tuesday, 21 September 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (324): ivermectin overdose, toxicity, efficacy, WHO

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
WHO region (no. countries/territories):
Total confirmed cases (new cases in last 24 hours) / Total deaths (new deaths in last 24 hours)
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Western Pacific Region (19): 7 974 488 (60 114) / 108 643 (931)
European Region (61): 68 419 751 (129 294) / 1 313 479 (2089)
South East Asia Region (10): 42 547 959 (49 037) / 669 126 (658)
Eastern Mediterranean Region (22): 15 480 394 (30 417) / 283 387 (676)
Region of

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PRO/EDR> Cannabis poisoning - Ireland: children, cannabis-infused candy

Poisoning -- Ireland
Likely this problem is happening in other locations as well.
Cannabis products often contain THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, a hallucinogen. This product is usually eaten, and the effects can occur from 1-3, or possibly more, hours after eating the product, the delay partly determined by the amount of edible product ingested, the size of the individual, and whether there is any other food in the stomach. These factors affect when the cannabis effects are felt. Consequently, with the effects

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PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (08): Europe (Germany) horse, captive and wild bird, OIE

West Nile Virus -- Germany
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Started: 16 Apr 2021
Confirmed: 30 Apr 2021
Reported: 17 Sep 2021
Reason for notification: recurrence
Last occurrence: 4 Nov 2020
Causal agent: West Nile virus [WNV]
Nature of diagnosis: clinical, laboratory
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country.
Outbreak location 1: Berlin
Started: 23 Aug 2021
Epidemiological unit: Zoo
Animals affected:
Species / Susceptible / Cases / Deaths / Killed and disposed of / Slaughtered

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