Ban on Global fund lifted in Uganda
Ban on the release of funds amounting $367 million for Uganda in order to combat HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria has been lifted. Uganda was funded with more than $367 million in 2002 for disease management. // The Global community banned the funding to Uganda as they feel that the fund was not utilized properly and the country had a serious mismanagement of funds. The ban on the funding...Ban on exports of poultry products from British Columbia lifted
United States has lifted the ban on the import of poultry products which it imposed last week following isolation of bird flu strain //for the second time in a month from Fraser Valley duck farm. The lifting of ban follows identifying that both the isolated virus strains were H5 strains and this strain is found to be a non-infectious and less pathogenic strain. U.S. has still not lifte...Drink till you drop dead in English Pubs- Restriction on Timings Lifted
London: For the first time in 90 years the timings for the last order for drinks has been lifted from the traditional 11PM to round the clock drinking. Thousands of revelers up and down the country greeted the news with an extra drink in pubs and bars after midnight. // No major untoward incident was reported. The relaxed opening hours, already a feature in most European countries,...Ban On Bird Show To Be Lifted In UK.
The ban on bird shows in Britain has been lifted on account of no single case of bird flu detected in Britain. Various events such as pigeon racing, falconry and other bird shows were regularly conducted in Britain.// But due to this bird flu scare in October which was detected in Eastern Europe the events were banned to protect the people. But now since no single ca...Farm Boy Airlifted by PSNI helicopter To Safety
A teenage boy, badly hurt in a farm accident, claimed a chance for survival after he was airlifted by a Helicopter//. The 16 year old teenage boy had suffered grave injuries on his upper body, and was lifted by a PSNI helicopter. Insp Roger McConnell, who accompanied the boy in the helicopter, said “I don't want to take all the credit, because the fire service, paramedics and local po...