There have been many researches and studies in the health field. The findings have raised concern among health experts about chronic diseases. It is continuously being said that physical problems like high BP, cholesterol, diabetes are related to lifestyle and eating habits. The trend of deaths due to cancer, heart attack or stroke continued this year also. Some infectious diseases also emerged which forced WHO to declare a health emergency.
MPOX declared a global pandemic
Apart from the new variants of Covid, bird flu and monkeypox, dengue disturbed everyone. Monkeypox and bird flu have troubled not only India but the entire world. This year the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox infection a global pandemic. MPox cases in Africa approach 70,000. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reported that the number of cases of mpox in Africa so far this year has exceeded 69,000, while the death toll has reached more than 1,260. The impact of the Corona epidemic, which started in the year 2019-20, was seen across the world this year also. This year, Corona cases were reported in almost every state of the country. Many new variants became known to the world, which were controlled with time.
Corona at the beginning of the year
At the beginning of the year, the new variants of Corona also increased people’s concern. Till last year, Covid remained a serious health challenge across the world. Experts have warned the whole world about the new variant of Corona JN.1.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report released in August 2024, between June 24 and July 21 this year, 908 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in India and two patients died due to this disease.
There is an outcry in the country and the world due to Corona
WHO told the world that between June 24 and July 21, an average of 17,358 samples were tested for Corona virus-2 every week in 85 countries. The report said that more than 1,86,000 new cases were reported in 96 countries and more than 2,800 people lost their lives in 35 countries. The WHO report says that since the beginning of the pandemic till July 21, more than 775 million cases have been confirmed worldwide and more than 70 lakh patients have died.
America most affected by Corona
Information about Covid victims was received from America and European countries. In the South-East Asia region, Thailand was the worst affected (6,704 new cases and 35 deaths). It is followed by India (908 new cases and two deaths) and Bangladesh (372 new cases and one death). The report said JN1 cases were the highest globally. Cases of this variant have been found in 135 countries.
In which states of India did Corona wreak havoc?
Meanwhile, according to the Covid dashboard of the Union Health Ministry, many states in India are witnessing a rise in Covid cases. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and West Bengal saw a positivity rate of more than five percent. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), there are highly infectious KP.1 and KP.2 strains that have evolved from the JN.1 Omicron variant. These are also responsible for the increase in Covid cases in India. Many researches revealed that many people have been affected by this new variant.
bird flu at the end of the year
At the end of the year, bird flu also hit India. There has been news of bird flu from Phalodi district of Rajasthan. The bird was found dead. The bird’s viscera was sent for investigation. The virus was confirmed in the test report on December 21. The confirmation of the virus has raised concerns among the local administration and the forest department, as the virus may pose a threat to other bird species as well. Apart from these, dengue caused by mosquito bites also troubled people a lot. According to WHO global dengue surveillance data, more than 12 million cases were reported worldwide till August this year. At the same time, 6,991 people died due to this. Dengue cases have doubled. Only 5.27 million cases were reported last year.