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Leptospirosis has taken four innocent lives so far. The Mumbai floods have facilitated the disease to spread across various parts of the city.
'Huge Sea Wall of Jakarta' Plan to Combat Floods
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Karan Chandu Singh (17) had visited Worli Sea Face during heavy rain and had developed fever three days later. The fever did not subside even after he had visited a private doctor in Worli. By the third day of developing fever, he had started vomiting blood when he reached Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dispensary.
According to a Civic official, the teenager had visited the Worli Sea Face during heavy rain one day and had developed a fever three days later. In the very beginning, he had visited a private doctor in Worli and then when the fever did not subside; he visited the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dispensary the very next day.
By the third day there, he had started vomiting blood. They then gave him anti-malarial and preventive medicine thinking that it was malaria. Smear test which is a standard test for leptospirosis was conducted, but the test was not confirmatory.
Death Toll Rises to 41 in United States Due to Floods, Storms
The death toll has risen to 41 in disaster caused by storms and floods in southern and central states of the United States.
The death toll has risen to 41 in disaster caused by storms and floods in southern and central states of the United States.
He was out on ventilator support that day, but on the very next day, he succumbed to respiratory distress there.
Researchers Identify Protein That Helps Plants Resist Drought, Floods
A protein that plays a vital role in how plant roots use water and nutrients, which could pave way for improving the production and quality of crops and biofuels was uncovered by researchers.
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The insecticide department has also treated 17 rat burrows with pesticides as rats are known to be common carriers of leptospirosis.
Two Months After Floods Thousands Flock to Lourdes for Assumption
Two months after the church in southwestern France was damaged by floodwaters, six thousand Catholic faithful attended an Assumption mass in the Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes.
Two months after the church in southwestern France was damaged by floodwaters, six thousand Catholic faithful attended an Assumption mass in the Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes.
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