Latest Public Health Laboratory News & Updates

Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday sealed a spice manufacturing unit and stopped the sale of around 2,000 kilograms of spices worth an estimated Rs 12.5 lakh after an investigation into an unsafe food sample traced the products to the facility. The action was taken by AMC’s Health Department after a gravy sample collected earlier from Jai Ambe Bhojanalay was found to be “unsafe” by the Public Health Laboratory.The laboratory finding prompted officials …

Dar Es Salaam, May 18 (IANS) Tanzania has stepped up surveillance, border screening and emergency preparedness measures following an Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Congo (DRC), a senior health official said.Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Ministry of Health, Erasto Sylvanus, said on Sunday that the government is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and neighbouring countries to strengthen prevention, early detection and rapid response mechanisms aga…