Another patient congo virus diagnosed in Quetta

A patient on Tuesday has been diagnosed with congo virus in Quetta.

As per details, a patient, whose name remain undisclosed was brought to Fatima Jinnah Hospital over symptoms of the congo fever.

The administration of the hospital confirmed congo virus in the patient after blood test reports, sources said.

Sources further added that as many as 14 suspected people were brought to hospital, from which five were discharged, while six were confirmed with the congo virus after tests.

The disease is caused when a tick attaches itself to the skin of cattle and when that infected tick or animal comes in contact with people, the highly contagious virus is transmitted into the human body and the person falls ill.

The initial symptoms of Congo fever include headache, high fever, rashes, back pain, joint pain, stomach pain and vomiting.

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Melting glaciers increase risk of flash floods in GB

Melting glacier ice owing to hot weather conditions in Gilgit Baltistan has increased the risk of flash floods setting alarm bells ringing for locals.

The areas that are at risk of glacial lake bursts and subsequent flash floods due to melting glaciers include Gilgit, Hunza, Shigar, Nagar, and Ghanche.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Amin Aslam undertook a visit to Gilgit Baltistan to review the situation. He termed melting glaciers a severe threat to the local population and issued necessary instructions to relevant authorities for tackling any such situation.

He announced to launch a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Safety project at the earliest to reduce the risks of flash floods. The project will be executed at a cost of Rs6 billion with funding from UNDP. Under the project, safety measures will be taken in ten districts of Gilgit Baltistan and eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Amin Aslam said the government will set up glacier monitoring stations at a cost of Rs3 billion with 400 additional stations to monitor flood water. A sum of Rs1.4 billion would be doled out to local community with the project to benefit as many as one million locals.

He said glacier ice is fast melting because of climate change. In 2015, there were only 33 hazardous glacial lakes but now the number of such lakes has risen to 133, he pointed out.

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Another patient congo virus diagnosed in Quetta

A patient on Tuesday has been diagnosed with congo virus in Quetta.

As per details, a patient, whose name remain undisclosed was brought to Fatima Jinnah Hospital over symptoms of the congo fever.

The administration of the hospital confirmed congo virus in the patient after blood test reports, sources said.

Sources further added that as many as 14 suspected people were brought to hospital, from which five were discharged, while six were confirmed with the congo virus after tests.

The disease is caused when a tick attaches itself to the skin of cattle and when that infected tick or animal comes in contact with people, the highly contagious virus is transmitted into the human body and the person falls ill.

The initial symptoms of Congo fever include headache, high fever, rashes, back pain, joint pain, stomach pain and vomiting.

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Melting glaciers increase risk of flash floods in GB

Melting glacier ice owing to hot weather conditions in Gilgit Baltistan has increased the risk of flash floods setting alarm bells ringing for locals.

The areas that are at risk of glacial lake bursts and subsequent flash floods due to melting glaciers include Gilgit, Hunza, Shigar, Nagar, and Ghanche.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Amin Aslam undertook a visit to Gilgit Baltistan to review the situation. He termed melting glaciers a severe threat to the local population and issued necessary instructions to relevant authorities for tackling any such situation.

He announced to launch a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Safety project at the earliest to reduce the risks of flash floods. The project will be executed at a cost of Rs6 billion with funding from UNDP. Under the project, safety measures will be taken in ten districts of Gilgit Baltistan and eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Amin Aslam said the government will set up glacier monitoring stations at a cost of Rs3 billion with 400 additional stations to monitor flood water. A sum of Rs1.4 billion would be doled out to local community with the project to benefit as many as one million locals.

He said glacier ice is fast melting because of climate change. In 2015, there were only 33 hazardous glacial lakes but now the number of such lakes has risen to 133, he pointed out.

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Cricket Australia focused on players' mental well being ahead of first tour in months

Cricket Australia is focused on closely monitoring on players' mental health as the Australian cricket team tours for the first time in six months amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The team departs Sunday for a tour originally scheduled to take place in July but postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In order to play their first internationals in almost six months, the Australians have agreed to strict biosecurity plans which include playing at venues with on-site accommodation.

The arrangements raise the prospect of long periods isolated in hotel rooms, and Finch said Cricket Australia wanted to ensure the players´ mental wellbeing.

"That's going to be something that's going to be a real issue, it's going to be something to monitor heavily," he told reporters in an online conference.

"I know from an Australian point of view that there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make sure there´s checkpoints in place to ensure we understand and recognise when things might be a little bit off."

Finch said a sports psychologist was travelling with the team and had spoken to all players to help them develop individual plans to cope.

With some players travelling straight from England to the Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates after the tour, Finch said cricketers had to adapt to the bio-bubble environment.

"It could be a few months that you're in these bio-bubbles and being stuck in these hotel rooms for weeks or months on end can be really tough," he said.

Finch urged all players to accept the inconvenience of bio-bubbles and quarantine to help keep international cricket operating through the pandemic.

"We're in a position to continue the global game there should be no more motivation than that," he said. "At the end of the day, if that falls over then we're all out of jobs.

"There's been so much work gone in from thousands of people to give us the opportunity to play international cricket again."

Finch said he would support other compromises, such as moving the Boxing Day Test against India from Melbourne to another venue as his hometown struggles to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.

"Keeping the game as healthy as it can be is the utmost responsibility of the players and everyone else," he said.

"So if that had to change for a year, I don't think it's going to be a huge issue."

The Australians will play four practice matches in Derby before facing England in three T20s and three one-day internationals in Southampton and Manchester.

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Pandemic now driven by 20s, 30s, 40s group, many asymptomatic: WHO

The spread of the coronavirus is being increasingly driven by people aged in their 20s, 30s and 40s and many are not aware that they have been infected, the World Health Organisation’s regional director for the Western Pacific said on Tuesday.

“This increases the risk of spillovers to the more vulnerable: the elderly, the sick people in long-term care, people who live in densely populated areas and underserved areas,” Takeshi Kasai told a virtual briefing.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 770,429 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December.

At least 21,719,870 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 13,399,500 are now considered recovered.

The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization, probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections.

Many countries are testing only symptomatic or the most serious cases.

The United States is the worst-hit country with 170,052 deaths from 5,404,115 cases. At least 1,833,067 people have been declared recovered.

After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 107,852 deaths from 3,340,197 cases, Mexico with 56,757 deaths from 522,162 cases, India with 50,921 deaths from 2,647,663 cases, and United Kingdom with 41,366 deaths from 318,484 cases.

The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its population is Belgium with 86 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Peru 80, Spain 61, United Kingdom 61, and Italy 59.

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Communications ministry performance report releases

Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed on Tuesday released two-year performance report of his ministry.

According to report, the National Highway Authority (NHA) saved Rs750 million through austerity drive, announced by PM Khan, after assuming charge of his office.

“219 vehicles were auctioned in first 100 days”, the report stated and added that acquisition of land also increased between 2018-20 as compared to 2016-18.

The revenue of NHA was increased upto Rs50billion, while Rs12.57million were recovered by the authority during the period.

The ministry has also released list of eight projects of NHA under public-private partnership inline with the vision of PM Imran Khan.

Speaking at a seminar titled “Challenges to Enforcement on National Highways and Motorways” arranged by National Highways and Motorway Police, last year, Murad Saeed had said tha his ministry did not get a single penny from the government and continued with its projects using its limited resources.

He had said more motorways would be constructed in the coming months with 1275 kilometers of new roads. After five years, Murad said, NHA would be able to build highways and motorways with its own resources.

The minister had said said the present government chose a difficult task of making the country economically stable first which required hard work, selflessness and dedication.

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