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A tawiz (Urdu: تعویز, Hindi: तावीज़), [1] muska , ta'wiz, or taʿwīdh (Arabic: تعويذ) is an amulet or locket worn for protection common in South Asia. [2] Tawiz is sometimes worn by Muslims with the belief of getting protection or blessings by virtue of what is in it. It is intended to be an amulet.
Daily new cases (blue) and deaths (red) on a logarithmic scale.. On 31 December 2019, China reported to the WHO cases of pneumonia with unknown causes. On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
Daniel Ogden, a specialist in magic and the supernatural in antiquity, has gathered several references from the Cyranides on the use of gemstones and amulets. [15] The collection offers spells to avert the child-harming demon Gello, who was blamed for miscarriages and infant mortality, and says that aetite can be worn as an amulet against ...
Bat coronavirus RaTG13 is a SARS-like betacoronavirus identified in the droppings of the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus affinis. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was discovered in 2013 in bat droppings from a mining cave near the town of Tongguan in Mojiang county in Yunnan , China . [ 4 ]
An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The word "amulet" comes from the Latin word amuletum, which Pliny's Natural History describes as "an object that protects a person from trouble". Anything can function as an amulet; items commonly so used include statues ...
A batch of frozen chicken wings shipped from Brazil was contaminated with COVID-19 when it arrived at its destination in China, officials said in a warning to residents issued Thursday. Evidence ...
The HMPV seasonal outbreak in China, was caused by respiratory syndrome human metapneumovirus (HMPV), began with an increase in cases in Beijing, China in December 2024.. It was brought to public attention when the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention published data showing that respiratory infections of human metapneumovirus had risen significantly in the week of 16 to 22 ...
They were told that the executive director, Ricky Holcomb, was at lunch, and they were shown to a small waiting area. A garbage bag of clothes slumped against a wall in a nearby office; an addict was either getting discharged or signing in. The residents circulating through looked tired — too pale and too young.