(ANSA) – LECCE, 08 AUG – Videos of coughing boys continue to circulate on social media, some of whom have red eyes, claiming to have returned from Gallipoli (Lecce) and to have caught a ‘mysterious’ virus that would be present at sea. A sea that, even according to the recent Legambiente rankings, is among the […]
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Swine fever: Lazio outbreak different from Piedmont and Liguria
(ANSA) – TURIN, 03 AUG – The genetic investigations conducted by the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute (Izs) of Abruzzo and Molise based in Teramo, have established with certainty that the outbreak of African swine fever (Psa) that has affected the suidae in Rome and Lazio it is of a cluster with a different viral genotype compared […]
Athletics: Tamberi “the covid was missing, but I’m holding on for Europeans”
(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 02 – Not just some muscle problems, even the covid. In this 2022 that he himself defines unfortunate Gianmarco Tamberi has again faced the virus (he also had it in March 2021): in a post on social media, the Olympic champion in the high jump told the misadventure, another obstacle in […]
Trump attacks Biden, ‘he does not have Covid but senile dementia’
Donald Trump takes advantage of Joe Biden’s relapse to attack him on his general physical condition. “The doctors got the diganosis wrong. Biden doesn’t have Covid again, otherwise known as the virus of China, but senile dementia”, wrote on his social media ‘Truth’ the former president who is almost the same age as the current […]
Covid: China, Communist Party maintains ‘zero tolerance’
(ANSA) – BEIJING, JUL 28 – The Chinese Communist Party will maintain “the course on the preventive measures of ‘zero tolerance’ at Covid-19”: the official media in Beijing reported on the outcome of today’s Politburo meeting held under the presidency by Xi Jinping. “Persistence is victory – reported the state broadcaster CCTV -. When an […]
New York asks WHO to rename monkeypox
(ANSA) – WASHINGTON, JUL 26 – The city of New York has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to change the name of monkeypox, to avoid the risk of racism and discrimination that would lead those who fall ill to isolate themselves instead of seek the necessary care. The American media reported it. “We are […]
Covid: 80,653 cases and 157 victims. Positivity rate at 22%
(ANSA) – ROME, JUL 21 – 80,653 new infections from Covid, about 6 thousand fewer, and 157 victims in the last 24 hours, the same number as yesterday. Data from the Ministry of Health confirm the inversion of the virus curve, which is slowly slowing down, even if the number of deaths remains high. A […]
West Nile: first case of infection in Padua in 2022
(ANSA) – VENICE, 14 JUL – The first case in Italy of West Nile in humans has been reported in the province of Padua since the beginning of summer 2022. This was announced by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in its surveillance bulletin integrated on this and the Usutu virus. West Nile also led to […]
Cybercrime, in May Italy first in Europe for ransomware
In May, Italy ranked first in Europe and sixth in the world for ransomware and malware attacks. The figure emerges from the latest report by Trend Micro, a cybersecurity company.In detail, in May the total number of ransomware – viruses that take a device hostage and demand a ransom to return its data – intercepted […]
Smallpox in monkeys: in Brazil the number of cases has risen to 77
(ANSA) – BRASILIA, 04 JUL – In Brazil, the number of infected with monkeypox has risen to 77, mostly people who have entered the country from Europe, while another 29 are under observation: CNN Brasil reports. Sao Paulo, the most populous state, has registered 52 infected, and at least three of them are patients who […]