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UK confirms ‘rare’ human case of bird flu

LONDON: A “rare” human case of bird flu has been detected in England, the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA)...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

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Bird flu outbreaks strike Japan farms

TOKYO: Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the...

Published 05 Jan, 2025 01:10pm

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France says bird flu-free after month without outbreaks

PARIS: France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 02:30pm

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Canada detects its first presumptive human H5 bird flu case

OTTAWA: Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western...

Published 10 Nov, 2024 10:57am

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France eases bird flu restrictions to moderate from high

PARIS: France has eased bird flu restrictions to 'moderate' from 'high' after two months without an outbreak on any...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 10:44pm

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China reports death of woman from combined H3N2, H10N5 bird flu

BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported the death of a woman due to an infection of combined H3N2 and H10N5 strains of...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 10:47am

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France puts country on ‘high’ alert for bird flu

PARIS: France raised the risk level of bird flu to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ on Tuesday after the detection of new...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 01:59pm

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China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu: WHO

BEIJING: A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 10:45am

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US reports its first human case of H5 bird flu

The first known human case of H5 bird flu in the United States has appeared in a person in Colorado, the Centers for...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 11:28am

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France to cull ‘millions’ more poultry as bird flu flares

PARIS: France will drastically step up the culling of chickens, ducks and other poultry to contain a bird flu...

Published 12 Mar, 2022 04:08am

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US reports highly lethal bird flu in Kentucky chicken farm

CHICAGO: A commercial chicken flock in Kentucky tested positive for a highly lethal form of bird flu, officials said...

Published 15 Feb, 2022 06:45am

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Bird flu outbreak claims over 500,000 chickens in Burkina Faso

OUAGADOUGOU: At least half a million chickens have been either killed by a bird flu outbreak in Burkina Faso or...

Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am

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Bird flu kills thousands of cranes in Israel, poultry also culled

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

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Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants-health experts

BEIJING: A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts,...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 11:22am

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India probes its first human death from bird flu

Contact tracing was also undertaken but family members, close contacts and health care workers did not show any symptoms

Published 22 Jul, 2021 11:54am

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China confirms first human case of bird flu strain

Several strains of bird flu have been found among animals in China but mass outbreaks in humans are rare.

Published 01 Jun, 2021 12:40pm

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China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu

The man, a resident of the city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalized on April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, the NHC said in a statement.

Published 01 Jun, 2021 11:05am

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Germany culls 14,000 turkeys after bird flu was found on another farm

Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm in the Uckermark area, the Brandenburg state government said.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 02:41pm

World

French bird flu outbreak coming under control: government

The highly contagious H5N8 virus was first detected in a bird in a pet shop on the Mediterranean island of Corsica in November before spreading to duck farms on the mainland in December.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:07pm

Business & Finance

Reeling from coronavirus, Asia's poultry farmers battle bird flu outbreak

Still, the country has banned live bird imports from countries with H5N8 and set up a surveillance system for early detection of the virus, he said.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 11:30am

World

Bird flu outbreak dents chicken sales in India, hits farmers

Broiler chicken prices have fallen to 60 rupees ($0.8192) a kg from around 90 rupees a week ago.
The industry might see some temporary disruption, but we don't see this to be a long term phenomenon and this might correct itself in a period of 15-20 days.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 06:57pm

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India to cull tens of thousands of birds over avian flu outbreak

India has witnessed bouts of devastating bird flu outbreaks in recent decades, most seriously in 2008, when millions of poultry were culled.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 05:08pm

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Bird flu spreads to a quarter of Japan prefectures

Both the strain circulating in Asia and one spreading rapidly in Europe originated in wild birds, they said.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 10:08am

World

Bird flu spreads to 10th Japanese prefecture

All farms in Japan were earlier ordered to disinfect facilities and check hygiene regimes, and ensure that nets to keep out wild birds are installed properly, agriculture ministry officials told Reuters this week.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 11:20am

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Bird flu outbreak spreads to 20% of Japan's prefectures

The government is calling for extra vigilance because of the growing number of infections in Japan and in Europe, which is in the grip of an outbreak. Japan has suspended poultry imports from seven countries, including Germany.

Published 11 Dec, 2020 11:29am

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Japan's bird flu outbreak worsens, government orders disinfection of poultry farms

The government on Wednesday called for the disinfection of poultry farms across Japan to contain the outbreak, national broadcaster NHK said.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 10:01am

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France confirms severe bird flu outbreak on duck farm

The outbreak was first reported on Monday but at the time it was unclear what strain of the virus it was.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 04:46pm

World

UK bird flu outbreak leads to mass turkey cull

The flu was identified among 10,500 rearing turkeys at a farm in northern England, Defra said late Saturday, with all foul to be culled to prevent a spread.

Published 29 Nov, 2020 07:48pm

World

Dutch cull 190,000 chickens after bird flu outbreaks

Seasonal bird flu has been detected at various farms around the Netherlands since October, blamed mainly on migratory birds.

Published 22 Nov, 2020 06:04pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 2	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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