SCOOP: Trump admin, OpenAI partner to unleash artificial intelligence on federal government
FIRST ON FOX: The federal government is stepping into the future and embracing artificial intelligence, specifically ChatGPT, across its agencies, which proponents say will streamline productivity while solidifying President Donald Trump’s pledge to keep the U.S. in the driver’s seat of the cutting-edge technology, Fox News Digital exclusively learned. The U.S. General Services Administration announced Wednesday that OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise is now available to all federal agencies to incorporate into their workflow at a $1 per agency cost, the GSA told Fox Digital. The deal with OpenAI, the tech company behind ChatGPT, is part of GSA’s OneGov Strategy that aims to modernize “how the federal government purchases goods and services” under the Trump administration. “The use of this tool has been deployed and tested with responsible policy makers, with responsible legal folks,” GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum told Fox News Digital of integrating AI into the federal government. “It’s not just auto-piloting and saying, ‘go machine’ and we just respond. … It’s automation, it’s ease of processes, but it’s also thinking about … the typical waste, fraud and abuse that we’re also focused on with this administration.” ChatGPT is a wildly popular AI chatbot that can hold conversational discussions, provide research accompanied by citations, automate routine tasks such as data entry or file processing, summarize books or lengthy files, and even assist with brainstorming project ideas or problem-solving tasks. DETAILS OF TRUMP’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AI PLAN REVEALED BY WHITE HOUSE AHEAD OF MAJOR SPEECH “Open AI just announced the ChatGPT has over 700 million weekly users, so the amount of commercial adoption is quite astounding,” OpenAI’s Joseph Larson told Fox Digital Tuesday of the partnership. “What we didn’t want to see was a gap between the tools available for artificial intelligence to the federal workforce, a gap between what is available in … the private sector or available to the public. So with this GSA partnership, what the administration is doing, which we believe to be in line with the AI action plan, is to make ChatGPT Enterprise, which is … the most advanced AI tools available to the entire federal government will now be available to all agencies of the federal government at the nominal cost of $1 per agency.” OPENAI UNLEASHES CHATGPT AGENT FOR TRULY AUTONOMOUS AI TASKS How federal agencies employ the technology will likely range from department to department, with employees offered access “to a new government user community and tailored introductory training resources” as well as “custom training platforms and guided learning, either directly or through partner-led sessions” to best fit their needs. “One of the best ways to make sure AI works for everyone is to put it in the hands of the people serving our country,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said of the partnership in a Wednesday press release. “We’re proud to partner with the General Services Administration, delivering on President Trump’s AI Action Plan, to make ChatGPT available across the federal government, helping public servants deliver for the American people.” The Trump administration rolled ut its AI Action Plan in July after Trump ordered the federal government in January to develop a plan of action for artificial intelligence in order to “solidify our position as the global leader in AI and secure a brighter future for all Americans.” The AI Action Plan includes a three-pillar approach focused on American workers, free speech and protecting U.S.-built technologies. “We want to center America’s workers, and make sure they benefit from AI,” AI and crypto czar David Sacks told the media in July of the AI plan. “The second is that we believe that AI systems should be free of ideological bias and not be designed to pursue socially engineered agendas,” Sacks said. “And so we have a number of proposals there on how to make sure that AI remains truth-seeking and trustworthy. And then the third principle that cuts across the pillars is that we believe we have to prevent our advanced technologies from being misused or stolen by malicious actors. And we also have to monitor for emerging and unforeseen risks from AI.” CHINA IS EXPLOITING OUR GOVERNMENT’S TECH WEAKNESS. WE NEED A RAPID REBOOT Gruenbaum told Fox Digital that when the GSA reviewed the administration’s AI action plan, it jumped at rolling out “widespread adoption” for the government to help answer Trump’s call for the U.S. to stay on top of the artificial intelligence race on the global stage. “Where we see ourselves playing, obviously, is through a lot of the Federal Acquisition Service, which is the largest procurement arm in the federal government,” he said. “And as we kind of examined the President’s AI action plan, heard the call to action of, ‘Hey, this is a race, and we are going to win this race.’ From our perspective, all that meant, synonymously, was widespread adoption. Those were the words, quite frankly, that the OpenAI team used to us in our very first call. And their call to action was, ‘we need to get this into the hands of as many federal workers as possible.’ We at the GSA took that extremely seriously.” OPENAI CHIEF DECLARES LOVE FOR US WHILE LAMENTING DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S RADICAL TURN AGAINST ‘TECHNO-CAPITALISM’ “Everything’s kind of leading to the place of having us poised for this AI revolution,” he added. The Trump administration has notched massive wins in the artificial intelligence race, which has pitted the U.S. against China to develop the most high-tech artificial intelligence systems, including Oracle and OpenAI announcing in July that the companies will further develop the Stargate project, which is an effort to launch large data centers in the U.S. The two companies’ most recent announcement promises an additional 4.5 gigawatts of Stargate data center capacity, a move expected to create more than 100,000 jobs across operations, construction, and indirect roles such as manufacturing and local services. The Stargate project includes a commitment from OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank and MGX to invest $500 billion in U.S.-based artificial intelligence infrastructure throughout the
GOP congressman vows ‘all options are on the table’ to stop US-wide redistricting war
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., is promising that “all options are on the table” to try and stop states from creating a nationwide fight over redistricting congressional maps. “It creates a lot of instability if you’re just constantly shifting the lines on the map around so that, you know, representatives are losing constituents, losing communities, gaining new ones. People elect one person as their representative, and then suddenly that person is representing an entirely different area,” Kiley told Fox News Digital in an interview Tuesday. “It’s just total chaos. It’s not good for representative government. It’s not good for constituents. It is not good for Democrats or Republicans.” The California Republican spoke with Fox News Digital hours after introducing a bill that would block states from shifting the boundaries of their current congressional districts ahead of the 2030 census. BETO O’ROURKE DROPS F-BOMB AS HE URGES DEMS TO ‘MEET FIRE WITH FIRE’ AGAINST GOP REDISTRICTING PLANS IN TEXAS Texas Republicans are currently mounting a push to redraw the Lone Star state’s congressional map. President Donald Trump, who supports the effort, said it would give the GOP as many as five new seats in the House of Representatives. California Democrats have launched their own redistricting bid in response, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signaling he’s ready to wield the Democratic supermajority in the state legislature to push a special election for voters to decide on new congressional maps. Several states, both with Republican and Democratic majorities, have since followed suit in threatening their own redistricting efforts. When asked if he thought the issue began with Texas, however, Kiley pointed out that Newsom’s bid would require sidelining the state’s independent redistricting commission. California is one of eight states that has an independent commission charged with redrawing state maps, according to a chart by Loyola Law School. GOP LAWMAKERS CLASH OVER STRATEGY TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CRISIS “What Newsom is doing is unique because he is actually trying to abolish an independent commission that currently exists and exercise a power that he doesn’t actually have, and to override the will of voters in the process,” Kiley said. “That being said, I don’t love what’s happening in Texas, or I don’t like the idea of this happening anywhere else in the country.” Kiley said he’d already spoken with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., about his bill, but would not discuss the details of their conversation. “I made it very clear my view on this and what I think he needs to do. And I’m hoping that he’ll do the right thing,” Kiley said. He said at another point, “This is an issue that affects our Republican conference – and all of this is not popular among Republican members of our conference – but it’s also a matter of the House as an institution. And he, as the leader of the House, I think, needs to show some leadership.” Johnson, for his part, has yet to weigh in on Texas and California, as well as the wider redistricting fight across the country. The Louisiana Republican has been on a congressional delegation trip to Israel for several days while the issue exploded onto the national stage. But when asked if he saw a realistic path to getting his bill passed, Kiley told Fox News Digital, “I’m ready to use any and all legislative tools available to get the bill to the floor.” SCHWARZENEGGER PUSHES BACK AGAINST NEWSOM IN REDISTRICTING FIGHT “The easiest way to do that would be for the speaker to do the right thing and get behind it. But I’m going to fight in every way I can to get it approved, because this is a matter that’s of tremendous importance for the country,” Kiley said. “It’s of particular importance to my state, and I’m not a lot about to let the governor, you know, go down this incredibly destructive road that will do grave damage to democracy in California.” He did not rule out mechanisms to force a vote on his bill, like a discharge petition or a privileged resolution, if House leaders did not act. “We need to get this passed. We need to stop Newsom. And we need to bring this chaos to an end,” Kiley said. Any such action would have to wait until early September at the earliest, however. Congress is currently in its annual August recess, when lawmakers are back in their home districts connecting with constituents. Kiley said he was not “super concerned about my own seat,” noting he won re-election by a healthy margin. Indeed, Kiley won re-election in California’s 3rd congressional district by double-digits in November 2024 – even outpacing Trump, who won the area by 3% over former Vice President Kamala Harris. But Kiley said he was confident his bill would pass and argued House colleagues on both sides of the aisle disapprove of what’s happening in California, Texas and nationwide. “People almost universally do not like the idea of suddenly overhauling district lines in an unscheduled mid-decade redistricting,” he said. “I mean, I know that’s true of the Republican members in Texas, that they don’t want to see their district, you know, completely changed overnight, communities that they’ve represented, that have repeatedly chosen them as their representatives. And that’s pretty universally true.” Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson and Newsom’s offices for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Detroit mayoral race is set: councilmember vs. pastor
A longtime city council member and a popular pastor will face off to become the next mayor of Detroit in November as the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary contest. Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield received 50.82% of the vote on Tuesday, while Pastor Solomon Kinloch received the second-highest amount at 17.37%, according to unofficial election results published by the City of Detroit website. November’s general election will decide which of the two will succeed popular three-term Mayor Mike Duggan, who is running as an independent for Michigan’s open governor’s seat in 2026. Sheffield and Kinloch bested a field of seven others, including former police Chief James Craig, former City Council member Saunteel Jenkins and current member Fred Durhal III. Voter turnout was 16.69% out of a total of 518,314 registered voters. NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S RACE: DEMOCRAT SHERRILL LEADS REPUBLICAN CIATTERELLI BY SIX POINTS IN 2026 BELLWETHER If elected, Sheffield would be the first woman to hold the role of Detroit mayor. She was first elected to the City Council in 2013 at age 26 and has been council president since 2022. Her father, Horace Sheffield III, is an activist and pastor of New Destiny Christian Fellowship church. Kinloch has been senior pastor at Triumph Church for about 27 years. The Detroit-based church has more than 40,000 members across a number of campuses. Kinloch was also an autoworker and member of the United Auto Workers union. “Detroit, we made this moment together,” Sheffield told supporters at a downtown rooftop venue Tuesday night after easily taking the top spot in the crowded field. “We claimed it together, and, Detroit, I believe that our best days are ahead of us.” She said the primary win belongs to every boy or girl told to “dream small,” every neighborhood where people feel left behind, every senior who “paved the way” and every college student who wants to stay in the city. “This is our moment,” she said. Kinloch said that despite Detroit’s resurgence, prosperity has not trickled down to enough of its residents. “Until we reach the whole town, we have not done nearly enough,” he told supporters Tuesday night before being declared the second highest vote-getter. “I didn’t enter this race to chase power. I came to serve with a purpose. If we want a city that shines, we cannot ignore what’s in the shadows. If we want Detroit to rise, we cannot celebrate billions in investment downtown, but poverty in the neighborhoods.” Kinloch also said crime still needs to be addressed. “It’s time we reckoned with reality, that far too many Detroiters feel left out,” he said. ALLEGED ‘SERIAL CRIMINAL’ NABBED IN MICHIGAN TRAFFIC BUST AFTER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RELEASED HIM INTO US President Donald Trump campaigned in Detroit last October on the promise of revolutionizing U.S. auto-making and pointed to the city’s former manufacturing might as a broader symbol of an American industrial comeback. The president has said his tariffs policy is pressuring automakers to move investments and onshore production to the U.S., but automakers are facing initial uncertainties regarding the costs of imported auto parts and aluminum and steel. Stellantis, the maker of Jeep and Ram vehicles, has two facilities in Detroit. The automaker said last month that its preliminary estimates showed a $2.68 billion net loss in the first half of the year due to U.S. tariffs and some hefty charges. Dearborn-based Ford Motor Co., meanwhile, reported in June that second-quarter results fell $800 million due to tariffs, but Ford CEO Jim Farley said the company was in daily contact with the White House and expected “a lot of upside” longer term as the administration continued tariffs negotiations, Reuters reported. Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer – a potential 2028 presidential candidate who often clashed with Trump during his first term – made her second visit to the White House on Tuesday to discuss tariff relief for the state’s auto industry. Duggan, who is running for Michigan’s governor in 2026 as an independent, led Detroit as it exited the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history and surged back to respectability following decades of economic hardship. The former prosecutor and medical center chief has overseen a massive anti-blight campaign and pushed affordable housing developments across the city. The next mayor will inherit a city on much firmer footing than the one Duggan was elected to lead in 2013, when an emergency manager installed by the state to oversee the city’s flailing finances filed for bankruptcy on its behalf. Perhaps the most visual example of the city’s turnaround has been the renovation of the Michigan Central train station. For decades, the massive building just west of downtown symbolized all that was wrong with Detroit. Ford Motor Co. stepped in and bought the old station and adjacent properties. It reopened in 2024 following a six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation that created a hub for mobility projects. Detroit shed or restructured about $7 billion in debt and exited bankruptcy in December 2014. A state-appointed board managed the city’s finances for several years. Detroit has had 12 consecutive years of balanced budgets. Developers have built hundreds of affordable housing units in the city, and more than 25,000 vacant and derelict homes and buildings have been demolished. The next mayor will be under pressure to maintain that progress and continue to keep the city’s financial and population growth going. In 2023, the census estimated that Detroit’s population rose to 633,218 from 631,366 the previous year. It was the first time the city had shown population growth in decades. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Detroit is also becoming a destination for visitors. The 2024 NFL draft, which was held downtown, set a record with more than 775,000 in attendance. New hotels are popping up in and around the downtown area. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn launches campaign for governor
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee announced she is running for governor after more than six years in the upper chamber. Current Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican who has held the post since early 2019, is prevented from running for re-election in 2026 due to term limits. Blackburn isn’t the only federal lawmaker eyeing the job — U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., launched a gubernatorial bid earlier this year. “In his first six months, President Trump has made historic strides in Making America Great Again, but as he sends power back to the states, he’s going to need strong conservative governors who can bring that revolution home. I’m running to serve as Tennessee’s next governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader,” Blackburn said in a statement. SEN. BLACKBURN CALLS OUT ‘GASLIGHTING’ COMEY, FBI FOR CLINTON PROBE Blackburn, who has served in the U.S. Senate since early 2019, won re-election to a second six-year term back in November 2024. Tennessee state Rep. Lee Reeves, a Republican, issued a full-throated endorsement of Blackburn for governor, declaring in a post on X that she “has always been Tennessee’s conservative warrior” and “is the tip of the spear in the fight against the Left in our state, fighting alongside President @realDonaldTrump.” REPUBLICAN DOOLEY JUMPS INTO GEORGIA’S SENATE RACE WHILE TOUTING SUPPORT FOR TRUMP AND TAKING AIM AT OSSOFF GOP state Rep. Jason Zachary described Blackburn as “A proven, conservative leader!” and noted that he supports her for governor. Blackburn signaled earlier this year that she planned to run. “I am strongly looking at it,” she had told the Tennessee Journal, according to The Tennessean. “I intend to run. I will win, and we’ll make certain that Tennessee is the most conservative state in the country.” CONGRESSMAN’S SPEECH GOES VIRAL AFTER HIS SON MAKES SILLY FACES IN THE BACKGROUND The Republican primary in the Volunteer State will take place exactly one year from today, on Aug. 6, 2026, with the general election being held on Nov. 3, 2026.
US charges Chinese nationals with illegally shipping Nvidia chips to China
Prosecutors say two men ‘knowingly and willfully’ used California-based company to evade export controls on AI chips. Authorities in the United States have charged two Chinese citizens with shipping tens of millions of dollars’ worth of advanced Nvidia chips to China in breach of export controls. Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are alleged to have “knowingly and willfully” exported the graphic processing units (GPUs) used to power artificial intelligence without authorisation from October 2022 to July 2025, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Export records indicate that Geng and Yang, both 28, organised at least 21 shipments through their El Monte, California-based company ALX Solutions Inc to companies in Singapore and Malaysia, the Justice Department said. The exports included a December 2024 shipment of Nvidia H100 GPUs – described as the most powerful chip on the market – that was “falsely labelled” and had not obtained the necessary licence from the US Department of Commerce, the Justice Department said. According to prosecutors, ALX Solutions received payments from firms in Hong Kong and China, including a $1m sum from a China-based company in January 2024, rather than the companies that accepted the shipments. Prosecutors said a search of ALX Solutions’s office and Geng and Yang’s phones last week revealed “incriminating communications”, including communications about shipping chips to China through Malaysia to evade US export restrictions. Geng and Yang face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted under the Export Control Reform Act. Al Jazeera could not immediately locate the accused’s lawyers for comment. Advertisement Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia said the case showed that “smuggling is a nonstarter”. “We primarily sell our products to well-known partners, including OEMs [original equipment manufacturers], who help us ensure that all sales comply with US export control rules,” a company spokesperson said. “Even relatively small exporters and shipments are subject to thorough review and scrutiny, and any diverted products would have no service, support, or updates.” The US government has banned the export of the most advanced chips to China amid a heated battle for technological supremacy between Washington and Beijing. US officials have claimed that restrictions, many of which were introduced under former US President Joe Biden, are needed to safeguard national security. China, which has hit back with its own export controls against the US, has accused Washington of undermining global trade and abusing its dominance in tech. Last month, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that Washington had agreed to reverse its ban on the sale of its H20 GPU to China following discussions with US President Donald Trump. Huang said the lifting of the export ban on the H20, which was specifically designed for the Chinese market and is less powerful than the H100, would encourage “nations worldwide to choose America” for their AI models. Adblock test (Why?)
Trump to host Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders for peace talks: Report
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s leaders met in the UAE last month, but no breakthrough in their decades-long conflict was reached. United States President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for peace talks at the White House, a US official said. The official told the Reuters news agency on Tuesday that there is a possibility a framework for a peace agreement could be announced at Friday’s meeting in Washington, DC. The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, for peace talks last month, but no breakthrough in the decades-old conflict was announced. [Al Jazeera] The two South Caucasus countries have been in conflict with each other since the late 1980s, when Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. The region, which was claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia after the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917, had a mostly ethnic Armenian population at the time. Azerbaijan recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, prompting almost all of the territory’s 100,000 Armenians to flee to Armenia. Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of “erasing all traces” of the presence of ethnic Armenians in the contested territory, in a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case stems from the 2020 war over Nagorno-Karabakh, which left more than 6,600 people dead, one of three full-scale wars that the two countries have fought over the region. The United Nations’s top court has ordered Azerbaijan to allow ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh to return. Azerbaijan says it is committed to ensuring all residents’ safety and security, regardless of national or ethnic origin, and that it has not forced ethnic Armenians, who are mostly Christian, to leave the Karabakh region. Advertisement Azerbaijan, whose inhabitants are mostly Muslim, links its historical identity to the territory, too, and has accused the Armenians of driving out Azeris who lived near the region in the 1990s. The meeting in Abu Dhabi last month between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev came after the two countries finalised a draft peace deal in March. The two leaders “agreed to continue bilateral negotiations and confidence-building measures between the two countries”, but no more concrete steps were outlined in the final statement from the talks. Ceasefire violations along the heavily militarised 1,000km (620-mile) shared Armenia-Azerbaijan border surged soon after the draft deal was announced in March, but later diminished. Adblock test (Why?)
What is the chikungunya virus, how are countries such as China battling it?
United States health officials are urging travellers to remain vigilant as a mosquito-borne virus continues to circulate across parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Indian Ocean. Since the beginning of 2025, there have been approximately 240,000 chikungunya virus infections and 90 deaths in 16 countries, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In China, an outbreak has infected roughly 7,000 people since late June, with most cases concentrated in the city of Foshan, in Guangdong province, just north of Hong Kong. This marks the country’s largest chikungunya outbreak since the virus was first identified there in 2008. Here is what we know about the disease and how it is spreading. What is the chikungunya virus? Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread through the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. These mosquitoes also carry and spread dengue, yellow fever and the Zika virus. The name, chikungunya, derives from a word in the Kimakonde language, spoken in Tanzania and Mozambique, meaning “to become contorted”. In most cases, patients will feel better within a week. In many cases, however, the joint pain can last for months or even years. There is no cure for the chikungunya virus, but deaths are rare. If an infected mosquito bites a healthy human, it injects the virus into the bloodstream. People most at risk of serious illness from chikungunya include newborns, older adults and those with existing health problems such as heart disease or diabetes. Advertisement There is no cure for the chikungunya virus, but the death rate is low, except in high-risk populations. If an infected mosquito bites a healthy human, it injects the virus into the bloodstream. If a non-infected mosquito bites a person who is already infected, it sucks the virus from that person’s blood and becomes a carrier capable of transmitting the virus to others through bites. How bad is the current spread of the virus? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the current surge in cases began in early 2025, with major outbreaks in Indian Ocean Islands, including La Reunion, Mayotte and Mauritius. In La Reunion, more than 47,500 cases of chikungunya and 12 associated deaths were reported up to May 2025, with sustained high transmission across the island, according to the WHO. The ECDC also reports that as of July 18, there were more than 54,000 cases reported from La Reunion. This is now the most serious chikungunya outbreak in La Reunion since the 2005–2006 epidemic, which saw an estimated 244,000 to more than 300,000 cases, and prompted large-scale public health efforts to control mosquito breeding and limit transmission. The virus has also spread to other countries, including Madagascar, Somalia and Kenya, and has shown signs of epidemic-level transmission in parts of Southeast Asia, as well as India, where financial capital Mumbai has seen a surge in cases since July. The WHO has also raised concerns about the rising number of imported chikungunya cases in Europe. Since May 1, about 800 imported cases have been reported in mainland France. According to the ECDC, the Americas as a region have reported the highest number of chikungunya cases globally. As of mid-July 2025, the countries with the most cases in the region include Brazil (185,553), Bolivia (4,721), Argentina (2,836) and Peru (55). In China, infections have been reported in at least 12 cities across southern Guangdong province, in addition to Foshan. Chinese authorities said that an “imported case triggered local transmission” in July, but did not specify where the infection originated. According to experts, rising global temperatures have led to warmer and wetter weather, allowing mosquitoes to thrive. Separately, on Saturday, Hong Kong confirmed its first case of chikungunya: a 12-year-old boy who developed a fever, rash and joint pain since July 31, after visiting Foshan. This was the territory’s first case of the virus in six years. How are China and other countries fighting the spread? According to a Bloomberg news report, China has promised to take swift and decisive action to contain the spread of the chikungunya virus. Advertisement Drones are being used to find places where mosquitoes are breeding. At the same time, scientists are releasing large “elephant mosquitoes” – about 2cm (0.8 inches) long – whose larvae eat the smaller mosquitoes that spread the virus. Health experts hope these mosquito helpers will play an important role in stopping the outbreak. According to a report by the BBC, residents of affected areas in China have been ordered to eliminate standing water in and around their homes – including in flowerpots, coffee machines and empty bottles. Noncompliance may result in fines of up to 10,000 yuan (approximately $1,400), and in more serious cases, people could face criminal charges for “obstructing the prevention of infectious diseases”. Citing local sources, The New York Times said that in some instances, infected residents in Foshan are being moved to “quarantine wards”, where they are kept behind mosquito nets and screens. Some patients also say they were given no choice but to seek treatment at their own expense. In other places, such as La Reunion and Mayotte, authorities have also launched enhanced surveillance, mosquito control initiatives and targeted vaccination efforts. The Basque Country in Spain activated preventive protocols after a case was detected in Hendaye, just across the border in France. The protocols include increased surveillance in border towns and encouraging people to make reports through apps such as Mosquito Alert. How can chikungunya be prevented and treated? Health authorities advise protecting oneself against mosquito bites as the most effective strategy against the spread of chikungunya. This may involve wearing long sleeves and trousers, applying mosquito repellents, removing bodies of standing water where mosquitoes can breed, and staying in closed, air-conditioned spaces indoors or behind mosquito netting when outdoors. While there are no specific medicines to treat the virus, rest, fluids and pain relievers may help alleviate symptoms, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, some pain relievers may be
Uttarkashi cloudbursts: Flashfloods claim 4 lives, 8-10 soldiers missing, check key updates
Multiple cloudbursts in Uttarkashi led to massive destruction in Uttarakhand on Tuesday. With massive landslides, mudslides and flashfloods, the village of Dharali and Harsil Valley suffered nature’s wrath. At least four people were killed and many remain missing due to floods.
Did Donald Trump apply for residential certificate in Bihar? Another fake application emerges
The incident took place in Mohiuddinnagar zone, where an unidentified person submitted an online application using the US president’s photo and name. It is the latest in a series of fake residence certificate applications surfacing across Bihar in recent weeks. Read on for more details.
Mumbai to Ahmedabad in just 2 hours: BIG update on India’s 1st bullet train corridor, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says…
India’s first bullet train will cover a distance of 508 kilometres between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Starting from the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, it will connect key cities in Gujarat including Vapi, Surat, Anand, Vadodara, and Ahmedabad.