According to the Daily Mail, scientists have reported this as the first known case of a person testing positive for these viruses, all at once.
The man began to develop a series of symptoms -- including fatigue, fever, and a sore throat -- nine days after returning from a trip to Spain earlier this year.
He spent five days in Spain from June 16 to 20, during which he admitted to having unprotected sex with men. On July 2, the man tested positive for Covid-19, according to a case study report published in the Journal of Infection.
A rash started to develop on his left arm on the afternoon of the same day. The following day, small, painful vesicles surrounded by a rash appeared on his torso, lower limbs, face and glutes, the report said.
By July 5, the vesicles had further spread and evolved into pustules - small bumps on the skin -- at which point the man went to the emergency department at the San Marco University Hospital in Catania, Italy and was subsequently transferred to the Infectious Diseases unit. There, he was tested for monkeypox and subsequently returned a positive result.
The patient was also screened for multiple STIs. He tested positive for HIV-1, and the researchers said that "given his preserved CD4 count, we could assume that the infection was relatively recent".
After recovering from Covid-19 and monkeypox, the patient was discharged from the hospital on July 11 and sent home to isolate. By this stage, his skin lesions had healed, after crusting over, leaving a small scar.
He alleged that the Police have not been helping him either. Alfredo alias Arjun Das told reporters he has been made to run from police station to police station to lodge an FIR. “The police are harassing me,” he said.
As per reports, Alfredo is married to woman from Banapur and the couple has a 20-year-old son. Alfredo does charitable works through a trust which he had set up. The trust, Radhika Charitable Trust, works in several districts of Odisha including Puri, Berhampur and Kandhamal. The charitable works include setting up of free medical camps for the poor, providing free medicines and wheel chair to the needy.
He has setup an office at Chandanpur near Puri where he had allegedly gone to file an FIR (at the police station) after he received life threats by some unidentified miscreants.
“The persons who have made my life miserable by issuing continuous threats are also Italians who have settled down in Puri, like me,” said Alfredo.
As per his allegations, the Chandanpur Police did not entertain his complaint and instead asked him to go lodge an FIR in Puri, where he lives.
Asked about the allegations, the Additional Superintendent of Police of Puri, Mihir Panda, said, “This is a case of creation of fake Facebook ID and threat posts. We will probe the matter and appropriate action will be taken against the miscreants.”
Different food trucks, ‘Thelas’ and stalls can be found here dishing out snacks to satisfy the taste buds of gastronomes. People come here for mouth-watering food items like Dosas, Pasta, Momos, Rolls, Pakodas, Pav Bhaji among others. The stall owners are quite happy with the business and the response of the food lovers.
Sandeep Nayak, the stall owner of a food truck says, “Business is good here at College Square. We have different varieties of food items at our stall. People of all age groups come to our stall to have Shawarma Chicken Roll, Hakka Noodles etc.”
Not only the students of the university or the youth of Cuttack, but people from all walks of life choose these roadside food stalls at College Square to taste different cuisines.
“This is a great place to get variety of food. One can get Italian, Tandoori, Chinese among others. I had Shawarma Roll which is quite famous here at this place," said Falguni, a foodie.
“People gather here in numbers to have various food items like Chat, Gupchup etc. I like Chat the most,” said another customer Bramha Prakash.
Food lover Rajeswar said, “It’s really good that different food items are available at one place. I have come here with my friends to have chat and Gupchup.”
“I have come here with my friends to have some snacks after finishing my class at Ravenshaw,” informed Lopamudra, a student of Ravenshaw University.
If you are around College Square, you don't need to make an effort to find the food vendors. Just follow the irresistible aroma of the dishes.
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Rocco Morabito, described by the authorities as a prominent member of the Calabrian Mafia, had been wanted since 1994. He was convicted in absentia for drug trafficking and organised-crime activities in Italy, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, reports CNN.
Italian authorities said that Morabito had been responsible for shipping drugs into the country and arranging distribution in Milan.
The Uruguayan Interior Ministry said Morabito was arrested on September 2 in a hotel here.
Italian police said the arrest followed "months of international cooperation and intelligence activity".
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti lauded Morabito's arrest, saying he was considered one of the most sought-after members of the Calabrian Mafia.
Uruguayan authorities said some months ago that Morabito tried to enrol his daughter in a local school using his real name, and his fingerprints were confirmed by Italian authorities, CNN reported.
Interpol issued a red notice for Morabito -- its highest-priority international arrest warrant in 1995 following an arrest warrant issued by Italian prosecutors.
When he was arrested, Morabito had 13 cell phones, an automatic pistol, 12 credit and debit cards, a large quantity of Uruguayan money and $50,000 in cash, plus currency certificates worth $100,000, the Uruguayan Interior Ministry added.
The report released on Sunday by the National Confederation of Farmers (Coldiretti) said that in July 2019, "over 8 million foreign citizens stayed overnight in Italy" but that in July 2020 "they were effectively zeroed out due to the spread of the coronavirus", reports Xinhua news agency.
The gap caused by the absence of foreign tourists "has not been compensated by the 13.5 million Italians who took holidays in July", it said.
Italian holidaymakers were down by 23 per cent in July compared to the same month last year, in what the Coldiretti report called "a significant decline due to uncertainty, fears, and economic difficulties" caused by the pandemic and its fallout.
A total of 130.2 million foreign tourists arrived in Italy in 2019, up by 42 million arrivals compared to 2015, according to the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT).
Italy, one of the hardest-hit European countries, has so far reported 246,118 COVID-19 cases, with 35,107 deaths.
(IANS)
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