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Two new outbreaks of African swine fever recorded in Moldova

Published on: April 17, 2025
09:27

Chisinau, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Two new outbreaks of African swine fever were detected in the territory of the Republic of Moldova, the Telegram channel of the National Agency for Food Safety of the European country reported.

WHO to help Uganda fight new Ebola outbreak

Published on: January 31, 2025
08:55

Kampala, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed a medical team to Uganda to help fight a new outbreak of Ebola, medical sources said.

Plant in Virginia closed in connection with listeria outbreak

Published on: September 14, 2024
09:35

Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The Virginia plant of the Boar's Head meat company will close indefinitely after an outbreak of listeria, which until today has caused nine deaths in the United States.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines on contingency due to dengue outbreak

Published on: August 2, 2024
10:02

Kingstown, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) The health authorities of St. Vincent and the Grenadines proceeded with a reinforced protocol to contain, as soon as possible, the confirmed outbreak of dengue fever that the country is experiencing which left at least 119 cases.

Bolivia intensifies control due to new case of canine rabies

Published on: June 8, 2024
00:45

La Paz, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Faced with a fifth case of canine rabies in the municipality of Sucre, in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca, health authorities activated the control of foci, the municipal head of Zoonosis, Martha Sandi, said.

Montserrat mobilized over scabies outbreak

Published on: June 7, 2024
10:46

Plymouth, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The health authorities of Montserrat are mobilized to prevent further spread and control an outbreak of scabies confirmed in the Caribbean territory, although they have not yet specified how many people are affected.

Paraguay: Outbreak of chickenpox among children

Published on: March 7, 2024
14:46

Asunción, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The isolation of 44 children in a Paraguayan school after a case of chickenpox was detected among them coincided with a vaccination campaign against the disease that began a few days ago, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

El Salvador on alert for measles outbreak

Published on: March 2, 2024
11:51

San Salvador, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is on alert for international outbreaks of measles epidemics, according to a report issued today by the Medical Association (Colmedes), which calls for preventive vaccination at home.

Bird flu spreads to Ecuador’s other provinces

Published on: November 27, 2023
14:23

Quito, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Environment activated surveillance protocols in Manabí province on Monday after detecting an outbreak of bird flu in La Boca mangrove.

Health Director confirms large outbreak of dengue fever in DR

Published on: October 25, 2023
14:25

Santo Domingo, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The director of the Dominican Health Service, Mario Lama, acknowledged there is a large outbreak of dengue fever in the country and that one hospital is registering up to 140 admissions in a day.

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