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FILE PHOTO: Mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via Reuters
CHICAGO — More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said.
Global health officials are eying the animals as a potential risk for people after Denmark last week embarked on a plan to eliminate all of its 17 million mink, saying a mutated coronavirus strain could move to humans and evade future COVID-19 vaccines.
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The logo of Monsanto is seen at the Monsanto factory in Peyrehorade, France, August 23, 2019. Photo: Reuters
PARIS — Bayer’s Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical maker has been held liable for the accidental inhalation of a weedkiller by a crop farmer.
Monsanto had been trying to overturn a decision by an appeals court in 2019 that had found the company’s product safety information to have been inadequate in relation to the accident involving farmer Paul Francois in 2004.
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This photo supplied by market monitors shows used condoms being recycled at a facility in Binh Duong Province.
Authorities in Vietnam uncovered a vast number of used condoms being recycled and stocked for sale following a raid on an apartment on Saturday.
According to local market monitors, nearly 324,000 used condoms, equivalent to 360 kilos, were recycled at the facility and would be sold on the market later.
They confiscated all products at the facility, which is located at DX12, Hoa Nhut Quarter, Tan Vinh Hiep Ward, Binh Duong Province, located in southern Vietnam.
This article looks at the current situation of cancer control is in Vietnam, which is a lower-middle-income country in South East Asia. It highlights the advances that have been made in capacity-building and in spreading knowledge about cancer to improve early diagnosis and treatment. The article also sets out the key challenges that the country still faces including policy development, resources and the need to develop partnerships with other developed regions of the world.
Health workers discuss COVID-19 treatment at a hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam reported 14 new coronavirus cases while taking one patient off the national count following negative retests on Thursday, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The country’s tally has topped 1,000 cases since the virus first hit it in January.
Eleven of the additional cases were registered in Da Nang, one in neighboring Quang Nam Province, and two imported infections.
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A health worker handles a piece of equipment at a hospital in Vietnam. Photo: Xuan Mai / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam recorded four new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with its total nearing 1,000, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The four patients include two in Da Nang, one in neighboring Quang Nam Province, and one in northern Hai Duong Province.
Patient No. 990 is a 25-year-old medical worker at Da Nang Family Hospital.
“The death penalty could be considered for such act in accordance with the Penal Code. In this very urgent situation, when the whole country is trying hard to fight Covid-19, it is necessary to strictly punish such acts for deterrence.”
Chinese people who illegally entered Vietnam are detected by traffic police on Noi Bai – Lao Cai expressway. (Photo: Lao Cai newspaper)
This is the opinion of National Assembly (NA) deputy Bui Van Phuong, member of the NA Economic Committee, vice head of the NA delegation of Ninh Binh province in response to the proposal of the HCM City Center for Disease Control (HCDC): “It is necessary to impose heavy sanctions against people who illegally enter the country, to consider imposing special criminal penalties on those who give a hand to illegal entry.”
A reason for the mistreatment of senior citizens is the lack of knowledge and skills related to elderly care. Photo by Shutterstock/mrmohock.
Issues of dependency and lack of support leave many elderly citizens exposed to mistreatment by those charged with their care.
At 88, Vo Thi Dung, from southern Tien Giang Province, can no longer walk unassisted and suffers from dementia. Bed-ridden, she is being beaten and slapped by her 57-year-old daughter-in-law.
Several steps away, her son, 56, eventually joins in the violence.
“Bệnh nhân 832″, 37 tuổi, ở Quảng Trị, chiều nay được xác định tử vong vì suy tim trên nền bệnh lý nặng và mắc Covid-19.
Thứ trưởng Y tế Nguyễn Trường Sơn, Trưởng Bộ phận thường trực đặc biệt chống dịch Covid-19 của Bộ Y tế tại Đà Nẵng, chiều 11/8 xác nhận “bệnh nhân 832” qua đời và là ca tử vong thứ 16 kể từ đầu dịch.
Vietnam has confirmed 29 new coronavirus cases and another fatality of the disease, all closely tied to Da Nang outbreak, the Ministry of Health said in its August 9 update at 18.00hrs.
19 cases aged 7 to 85 were registered in Da Nang City, the epicenter of the outbreak. They include 8 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients, 3 patients given treatment at Da Nang Hospital, three caregivers, a medical worker, a servant, along with three others.
Meanwhile, Quang Nam and Quang Tri provinces recorded eight and two cases respectively. Most of them had contact with COVID-19 patients and were patient caregivers.
Bộ Y tế sáng 11/8 không ghi nhận ca nhiễm nCoV, 433 bệnh nhân đang điều trị.
Như vậy, 24 giờ qua ghi nhận 6 ca nhiễm mới, 4 người khỏi bệnh, 4 ca tử vong. Tổng số ca nhiễm cả nước lên 847, trong đó 399 người đã khỏi, 15 ca tử vong, còn 433 bệnh nhân đang điều trị.
Từ 0h ngày 11/8, Bệnh viện Chỉnh hình và phục hồi chức năng được dỡ phong tỏa, Bệnh viện Đà Nẵng tiếp tục cách ly y tế. Trước đó, Bệnh viện C được dỡ phong tỏa từ 0h ngày 8/8. Đây là ba bệnh viện được ghi nhận là ổ dịch tại Đà Nẵng.
Từ ngày 23/7 đến nay ghi nhận 389 ca lây nhiễm trong nước tại 15 tỉnh, thành phố, đều có yếu tố dịch tễ liên quan tới ổ dịch tại Đà Nẵng.
Gần 166.000 người tiếp xúc gần và nhập cảnh từ vùng dịch được cách ly. Trong đó, cách ly tập trung tại bệnh viện hơn 5.600 người, tại cơ sở tập trung hơn 27.000, số còn lại tại nhà hoặc nơi lưu trú.
Thế giới ghi nhận khoảng 737.000 người chết hơn 20,2 triệu ca nhiễm tại 213 quốc gia. Mỹ và Brazil là hai nước có số ca mắc và số tử vong cao nhất thế giới. Tại khu vực Đông Nam Á, Indonesia ghi nhận số mắc và số tử vong cao nhất.Covid-19 tại Việt Nam
A medical staff takes samples of a person to test for the novel coronavirus in Quang Nam Province on August 9, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh.
A 55-year old woman in Da Nang is the country’s 11th Covid-19 fatality, the Healthy Ministry confirmed Sunday afternoon.
“Patient 456”, a resident of the central city’s Hai Chau District, was admitted to the Hoan My-Da Nang General Hospital on July 28 and tested positive for the novel coronavirus on July 29. She’d had hypertension for years.
A health worker disinfects an area visited by a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in Vietnam. Photo: Tr. T. / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam documented a total of 43 new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Wednesday, including 42 local infections and one imported patient who was quarantined upon arrival, the second-largest single-day increase in cases since January.
Vietnam reported two new coronavirus patients on Wednesday morning, both registered in the central province of Quang Nam and traced to Da Nang, a neighboring city that is the country’s outbreak epicenter.
Lực lượng liên ngành tỉnh Đắk Lắk đã trang bị hoàn chỉnh 2 cơ sở cách ly tiếp theo, để chiều ngày 5/8 tiếp tục đón số người danh sách F2 (tiếp xúc gián tiếp với bệnh nhân covid-19) về từ các huyện thị, sau khi khu cách ly đầu tiên kín chỗ.
Cán bộ nhân viên y tế mừng vui khi biết tất cả âm tính Covid19-đợt 1 xét nghiệm
Vietnam has confirmed 29 new coronavirus cases and another fatality of the disease, all closely tied to Da Nang outbreak, the Ministry of Health said in its August 9 update at 18.00hrs.
