Data Report

SUMMARY - One of two food suppliers, responsible for a mass food poisoning incident at the company 'ByteDance' in late July, has now been allowed to serve food again following the lifting of their suspension. Pu Tien Services will now be able to serve food again but will be under close surveillance by the Singapore Food Authority (SFA). 169 people were afflicted by gastroenteritis with 17 people hospitalized. All have since recovered.

LINK - https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/bytedance-gastroenteritis-outbreak-sfa-lifts-pu-tiens-suspension-keeps-it-under-close 

SUMMARY - The Health Services Agency (UKHSA) has released updated figures for the Pertussis (otherwise known as "whooping cough") outbreak affecting that country. There are now over 10,000 known cases of the illness with 10 deaths.

LINK - https://news.sky.com/story/whooping-cough-outbreak-another-child-dies-as-number-of-cases-rise-above-10-000-13193052

SUMMARY - The Contra Costa County Health Department, in the state of California, is recommending people wear masks indoors because of a summer COVID surge.

LINK - https://www.cchealth.org/Home/Components/News/News/827/414

The post concerning Cheung Hok-yau has been edited to reflect that the artist has since recovered and has resumed performing concerts.

SUMMARY - A hospital in the province of Ontario has brought back masking requirements as a result of an outbreak of Covid-19 cases within the hospital. Guelph General Hospital is requiring persons to wear masks in clinical areas. It is not known what types of masks are required.

NOTE - A story on the Data Report broadcast for August 1, 2024, detailed the surge of Covid-19 cases in the hospital. This news article, though, adds the masking requirements.

LINK - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/masking-returns-to-guelph-general-hospital-following-covid-19-outbreak-1.7283695 

SUMMARY - A study from the University of Tokyo suggests that unpasteurized ("raw") milk that is contaminated with HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza) can infect humans by using mice as the test subjects. Subsequently, the same milk can remain infectious for five weeks. Heating the milk, however, reduced the virus levels to 1/30,000 from their starting level.

LINK - https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/science/20240801-202079/

SUMMARY - The Agricultural Department in the country of Greece has banned the transportation of sheep and goats across the country in an effort to stem the outbreak of the virus Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), which can kill between 80% to 100% of infected animals. The outbreak was first uncovered on July 11th and 7,000 animals have since been killed. Greece has the largest number of goats in Europe.

LINK - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98qrnzn5q1o

SUMMARY - Eel contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus has killed one person and sickened over 150 other people in Japan. The eel was sold by Nihonbashi Unagi Isesada, a popular eel establishment at the Keikyu department store in the city of Yokohama. An investigation has revealed food safety violations, such as employees not wearing gloves when preparing the meals and wrongly labeled expiration dates.

LINK - https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/woman-dies-around-150-people-fall-ill-in-yokohama-food-poisoning-bout