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  2. COVID-19 pandemic and animals - Wikipedia

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    Some 2,000 animals have been expected to be killed after a worker in a pet shop tested positive for the virus, which was also found among the pets. Conscious of the virus' ability to spread among hamsters, [38] and the possibility of transmission between species, in line with the territory's 'zero covid' policy, the cull was invoked. [39]

  3. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    US Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Kim accompanied by local officials at the Presidential Palace wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

  4. Cloth face mask - Wikipedia

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    A cloth face mask is a mask made of common textiles, usually cotton, worn over the mouth and nose.When more effective masks are not available, cloth face masks are recommended by public health agencies for disease source control in epidemic situations to protect others from virus-laden aerosols emitted by infected mask wearers' as they breathe, talk, cough, or sneeze.

  5. Experts urge caution around animals. The H5N1 bird flu has been spreading widely among wild birds, poultry, cows and other animals. Its escalating presence in the environment increases the chances ...

  6. Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

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    A public service announcement from the Government of California encouraging people to wear masks to "slow the spread". In late March 2020, some government officials began to focus on the wearing of masks to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 as opposed to protecting the wearer; former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stated in a report that face masks would be "most effective" at slowing its ...

  7. Animals could 'shrivel' in size due to global warming ... - AOL

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    Global warming may not just melt the polar icecaps and create a snowpocalypse previously only seen in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' Animals could 'shrivel' in size due to global warming, researchers ...

  8. Climate change and infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Infectious diseases that are sensitive to climate can be grouped into: vector-borne diseases (transmitted via mosquitos, ticks etc.), waterborne diseases (transmitted via viruses or bacteria through water), and food-borne diseases.(spread through pathogens via food) [4]: 1107 Climate change affects the distribution of these diseases due to the ...

  9. The 25-year fight to defeat West Nile virus, one convoy at a ...

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    Animals. Business. Food. Games. ... before they can infect people with the virus. But warming temperatures in recent years have made it easier for mosquitoes to multiply and spread diseases ...