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The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada has increased to five

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The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada has increased to five

On Friday, Canadian health officials confirmed three more cases of monkeypox, bringing the total number of cases in the country to five, and said several more samples are being examined, assuring the public that the viral disease is not yet a serious threat.

Santé Quebec, the province’s health department, was notified Friday evening that three samples had tested positive for monkeypox.

At the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, nearly two dozen more samples are being tested.

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“So far, we do know not many of these individuals are connected to travel to Africa, where the disease is normally seen,” Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr Theresa Tam, told reporters during a briefing. This is extraordinary. This many cases reported in different countries outside of Africa is unusual for the world.”

However, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) stated that the risk of disease spreading in Canada is “low.”

PHAC said in a statement released on Thursday, when the first two cases were discovered, that the disease had never been found in Canada before.

Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that is similar to human smallpox but is milder and is found mostly in West and Central Africa. It is spread by “close contact with an infected individual, such as through direct contact with their body fluids, respiratory droplets, or monkeypox sores, or by sharing clothing, bedding, or common items that have been contaminated with the infected person’s fluids or sores,” according to the CDC. In all registered infections, the case-fatality ratio has fluctuated but has remained between 0 and 10%.

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Fever, headache, muscle aches, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes are common signs and symptoms of monkeypox, as is a rash that appears a few days after symptoms like fever appear.

Tam also stated that Canada is considering deploying its smallpox vaccine, which has been shown to be effective against monkeypox.

Physical separation, hygiene measures, and wearing masks were all used to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, according to PHAC, and could help people “lower their risk” of contracting monkeypox.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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