www.theasianstar.com Vol 21 - Issue 30
Covid cases fall 10% in BC hospitals in one week The number of COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals fell by about 10 per cent over the last week, as data shows hospital admissions holding steady. As of Aug. 25, there were 331 positive cases in hospitals, down 35 over last Thursday, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). The number of patients in critical care climbed by seven to 29. The province reports all positive cases in its hospitals, regardless of the reason a person was admitted.
Colleges plan remote courses as student visas get delayed With student visas for Canada getting delayed, the India High Commission in Ottawa has issued an advisory pointing out that some universities have put in place contingency plans for those missing out on the Fall Session starting from next month. Pointing out that the processing of visas is a sovereign power of the Canadian Government, the High Commission said it has requested the Canadian authorities to expedite processing of visa applications for Continued on page 8
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Tel:604-591-5423
New ‘Tomato flu’ discovered in India A virus in India is providing insight into the messy science of uncovering emerging diseases as they happen – particularly in a hypervigilant post-COVID world. The disease of the moment is called ‘tomato flu.’ It’s a virus observed in the south western state of Kerala in India. It causes fevers, rashes, and intense pain in the joints of children it infects. The rash is raised and red, with some pustules getting as large as a cherry tomato – hence the name.
A paper published in The Lancet last week broke the news of this tomato flu, providing the first scientific the virus in Kerala,
evidence reporting
of 82
children under five with the disease. “These blisters sort of resemble monkey pox, and sort of resembles hand foot and mouth – it’s a bit of a mixture,” says Australia’s Victoria University immunologist Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos, who was one of the researchers on The Lancet paper. “What’s fortunate is it’s hitting kids under the age of about eight … but the kids get over it quite effectively. After about 7-10 days they’re back to normal.”
Two dazzling new murals will make splash in Punjabi Market After a successful debut event with Murals in the Market last year, two new murals are coming to the Punjabi Market. Murals in the Market brought bright and colourful art to the Punjabi Market in South Vancouver, and there are two new murals coming to the market next week. This marks the second annual Murals in
the Market initiative and it will be sponsored and supported by RBC, Orr Development, the City of Vancouver and Mona Cloth House. According to the Punjabi Market Collective, the goal of bringing murals to Punjabi Market is “to help facilitate storytelling through public art by Continued on page 8
India votes against Russia for first time at UNSC on Ukraine India for the first time on Wednesday voted against Russia during a “procedural vote” at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine, as the 15-member powerful UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address
a meeting through a video tele-conference. This is for the first time that India has voted against Russia on the issue of Ukraine, after the Russian military action began in February. So far, New Delhi has abstained at the UN Security Council on
California is banning gas cars California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine. Continued on page 6
MANMOHAN SEKHON M.Sc., M.Phill Life and Health insurance Advisor
604-358-0590 Unit 252 - 8138, 128 St, Surrey, BC V3W 1R1 www.manmohansekhon.com