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Ecuador recommends face mask use due to fresh Pirola variant spread

Published on: December 25, 2023
12:17

Quito, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) Quito´s Health Secretariat highly recommended the use of masks for people with respiratory symptoms due to a fresh coronavirus spread of new Pirola variant.

Bolivia to reinforce preventive measures ahead of fresh Covid-19 wave

Published on: December 23, 2023
13:22

La Paz, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) A new Covid-19 outbreak that has already killed two people in Santa Cruz on Saturday forces the Bolivian Health Ministry to call for the population to get vaccinated without ignoring biosecurity measures.

Canada: Death toll surges to 7 from cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

Published on: December 23, 2023
12:19

Ottawa, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting another death from a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes, bringing the total to seven.

Italy reports over 60,000 new Covid-19 cases weekly

Published on: December 23, 2023
08:49

Rome, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) From December 14-20, as many as 60,440 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Italy, for a surge in 7.2% compared to 565,404 previously reported last week.

El Salvador reports over 800 dengue fever hospitalizations

Published on: December 22, 2023
17:14

San Salvador, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) More than 800 people have been hospitalized in El Salvador because of dengue, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) reported.

The Americas reports nearly 80 percent of dengue cases globally – WHO

Published on: December 22, 2023
16:26

Geneva, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) In 2023, the number of dengue cases around the world increased, most of them in the Americas, while half of global population is at risk of becoming infected, the WHO warned on Friday.

Cases of sexual exploitation of minors reported in Uruguay

Published on: December 8, 2023
11:07

Montevideo, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) So far this year and by the end of November, 346 cases of sexual exploitation of minors and adolescents were registered in Uruguay, according to a report whose results were made public today.

One million Brazilian people lived with HIV in 2022 – Study

Published on: November 30, 2023
18:45

Brasilia, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) At least one million people were living with HIV in Brazil in 2022, where 350,000 out of them were women and 650,000 were men, according to Brazil´s Health Ministry.

Number of people living with HIV decreases in South Africa – Study

Published on: November 27, 2023
16:00

A new survey has found that the percentage of people living with the HIV virus in South Africa has decreased from 14% in 2017 to 12.7% in 2022.

China reports nationwide respiratory disease upsurge

Published on: November 26, 2023
08:39

Beijing, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) China´s National Health Commission on Sunday confirmed that the surge in the incidence of respiratory diseases is being caused by several known pathogens spread nationwide.

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