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What is Disease X What is Disease X in India? The Looming Danger Of Disease X The WHO declared “Disease X represents the knowledge that a serious international epidemic could be caused by a pathogen currently unknown to cause human disease.” The Blueprint list includes infectious disorders without medicinal treatments. Disease X shorts is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic. The WHO adopted the placeholder name to ensure that their planning was sufficiently flexible to adapt to an unknowns pathogen (e.g., broader vaccines and manufacturing facilities). Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci stated that the concept of Disease X would encourage WHO projects to focus their research efforts on entire classes of viruses (e.g., flaviviruse…

Domestic Workers in Kuwait   Advisory for the attention of Indian national Domestic Workers in Kuwait Embassy of India Kuwait Advisory for the attention of Indian national Domestic Workers in Kuwait As per Domestic Worker Laws of Kuwait (Law No. 68 of 2015), and related Ministerial Decisions and Executive Regulations, Domestic Workers (DWs) are entitled to: ➢ A written Employment Contract (in Arabic and English), is mandatory. ➢ Wage not less than the minimum wage specified by Ministry of Interior. (As per Government of India regulations, the prescribed Minimum Wages for Indian national DWs in Kuwait is KD 120/- per month.) ➢ Payment of agreed wage at the end of each month from date of joining without any deduction. (In case of non-payment of agreed wages, KWD 10/- for every month of delay should be paid by Employer). ➢ Provision of free food, clothing, medical treatment and adequate accommodation. ➢ Compensation for extra work (In case of non-payment…