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Portal:Current events/2021 May 22

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  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
  • India releases information on a second, deadlier form of "white fungus" infection that has begun spreading among patients initially placed at risk because of COVID-19. The newly identified white fungus is known as candidiasis. Steroid treatment can cause white fungal infection in COVID patients while unsterile use of oxygen cylinders can also be a cause. White fungus infection is more dangerous because it rapidly affects vital organs and genitals along with the mouth, stomach and skin. The antifungal drugs fluconazole, itraconazole, caspofungin, and micafungin are being prescribed to treat patients. [https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/nation/2021/may/22/white-fungus-outbreak-updates-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-infection-deadlier-than-black-fungus-103145--1.html (New Indian Express)]
  • India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology writes to all social media companies asking them to remove content referring to an "Indian variant" of COVID-19. [https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/india-asks-social-media-firms-remove-reference-indian-variant-coronavirus-2021-05-21/ (Reuters)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
  • The government announces additional restrictions for the third movement control order, including mandating 80% of public sector workers and 40% of private sector workers to work from home, restricting the operating hours of businesses from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and reducing the capacity of public transport and other mass transportation vehicles to 50 percent. These new restrictions will take effect on May 25. [https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/22/businesses-to-run-8am-8pm-starting-may-25-in-new-mco-3.0-more-to-wfh-cuts-t/1976244 (Malay Mail)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka reports a record 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,178. [http://www.colombopage.com/archive_21A/May23_1621709807CH.php (Colombo Page)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, Lineage B.1.351
  • Thailand reports its first locally transmitted cases of the South African Lineage B.1.351 variant in three test samples from a cluster of infections that could be linked to illegal immigration in the southern portion of the country. [https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2021/05/22/thailand-finds-first-local-cases-of-south-african-covid-19-variant-scientists-say (The Star)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
  • A nationwide lockdown begins as President Alberto Fernández says that the country is experiencing its worst moment of the pandemic. As the number of cases increases, only essential personnel are allowed to travel freely for the next nine days. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57211697 (BBC News)]
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, COVID-19 vaccination in Italy
  • Italy reaches a milestone of 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, with 9.85 million people fully vaccinated. [https://english.alarabiya.net/coronavirus/2021/05/22/Italy-passes-30-million-COVID-19-vaccine-dose-milestone (Al-Arabiya English)]
  • Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night. [https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/country-locals-across-australia-video-worsening-mouse-plague-spreading/23990c4a-3546-4780-9e6f-2cb494996618 (9News)]

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