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Mpox is still considered a public health emergency – WHO

Published on: February 15, 2023
16:55

Geneva, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) WHO warned Wednesday that despite progress made for global response to the multinational mpox outbreak, it is still a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.

Concern over outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea

Published on: February 15, 2023
00:15

Malabo, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) An outbreak of Marburg virus in an Equatorial Guinean district has killed nine people so far, according to official figures, and has activated the alarm in the World Health Organization (WHO).

China updates WHO on nearly 60,000 Covid-19 death toll

Published on: January 15, 2023
08:29

Beijing, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) China on Sunday updated the World Health Organization (WHO) on present Covid-19 outbreak in the Asian nation after confirming as many as 59,938 deaths since December 2022, local press reported.

SENSA activates national emergency plan to fight off bird flu

Published on: January 6, 2023
16:12

Tegucigalpa, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Honduras´s National Service of Health and Food Safety (SENASA) on Friday activated its national emergency plan ahead of a fresh bird flu outbreak nationwide.

UNICEF expands Lebanon’s response to access drinking water

Published on: October 26, 2022
09:10

Beirut, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is expanding Lebanon's response to access drinking water in order to contain a new cholera outbreak in the country since 1993.

Italy sounds alarm over possible avian flu outbreak

Published on: October 4, 2022
16:30

Rome, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Italy ranks second in Europe in avian flu outbreaks and experts warned on Tuesday of a possible spread of the virus in coming months.

Health officials probe suspected Ebola case in western Kenya

Published on: September 30, 2022
12:07

Nairobi, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Health officials in Kakamega County, western Kenya, are probing a suspected case of Ebola. The patient had recently travelled to eastern Uganda to visit relatives, officials said.

Tanzania to screen for Ebola following Uganda outbreak

Published on: September 24, 2022
13:13

Dodoma, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) Tanzanian health authorities on Saturday urged its citizens, espacially at its borders, to be vigilant following the Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

Limited monkeypox vaccine supply would be stretched under FDA plan

Published on: August 10, 2022
18:47

Washington, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The United States is currently planning to extend the existing vaccine doses against monkeypox virus by changing the administration strategy of immunizers given the rapid increased cases nationwide.

New Covid-19 outbreak spread to 14 provinces in China

Published on: October 30, 2021
09:59

Beijing, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The current Covid-19 outbreak has spread to 14 provinces in China with many local cases and is causing tension due to the speed of contagions with the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the National Health Commission reported today.

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