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Barbados records four deaths from dengue fever

Published on: April 13, 2024
10:40

Bridgetown, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Health authorities in Barbados confirmed more than a thousand cases of dengue fever and four deaths associated with the disease since the beginning of the current outbreak last October until April 6, local media reported.

Israel remains tense in the face of an imminent Iranian response

Published on: April 13, 2024
09:18

Tel Aviv, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Israel woke up today on alert after a night of tension due to the fear of an imminent Iranian response to the aggression against its consulate in Damascus, Syria, which caused the death of several military personnel, including two generals.

Cuba repeats its willingness to clarify kidnapped doctors’ situation

Published on: April 12, 2024
13:21

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Friday expressed its willingness to continue to take steps to clarify the situation of Doctors Assel Herrera Correa and Landy Rodríguez Hernández, who were doctors kidnapped and and are presumed dead.

Deaths due to viral hepatitis increase in the world

Published on: April 11, 2024
10:17

Geneva, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) About 3,500 people die daily on the planet due to hepatitis B and C infections, according to a report on this disease by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands in Africa every year

Published on: April 11, 2024
00:16

Abuja, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Infections contracted in healthcare facilities, such as sepsis and pneumonia, cause thousands of preventable deaths in sub-Saharan Africa every year, a new study revealed.

Brazil records dengue death toll in 2024

Published on: April 8, 2024
17:59

Brasilia, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Brazil recorded a total of 1,116 deaths from dengue in the first 13 weeks of 2024, according to the Health Ministry's Arbovirosis Panel.

Houthi leader says that US and its allies airstrikes kill 37

Published on: April 5, 2024
14:01

Aden, Yemen, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement in Yemen, denounced the United States and its allies for conducting 424 airstrikes on rebel targets. Al-Houthi stated that those attacks have already killed 37 people and wounded 30.

ADF attack in DRC province leaves eight dead

Published on: March 31, 2024
09:41

Kinshasa, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) An attack perpetrated by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the province of Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), today left eight civilians dead and a dozen wounded.

Díaz-Canel laments deaths as a result of Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Published on: March 26, 2024
12:28

Havana, Mar 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday lamented the death toll as a result of Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, as it continues to increase and has already exceeded 32,000 deaths, mostly children and women.

Brazil breaks historical record for dengue cases in 2024

Published on: March 18, 2024
18:02

Brasilia, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Brazil has broken the historical mark of dengue cases reported, totaling 1,889,206 in the first 11 weeks of the year, with respect to 1,688,688 reported as the maximum figure in 2015.

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