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Spread of cholera in DRC worries humanitarian partners

Published on: March 29, 2025
09:45

Kinshasa, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) remains concerned about the increasing spread of cholera cases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Smoke spreads once again across Paraguay

Published on: September 18, 2024
17:28

Asuncion, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay’s Encarnacion weather station reported on Wednesday that the smoke caused by wildfires in neighboring countries are again entering the country.

WHO warns of the dangerous and rapid spread of Mpox in Africa

Published on: June 27, 2024
14:31

Geneva, JUN 27 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that Mpox (monkeypox) is spreading dangerously fast in Africa today and called for urgent measures to stop it.

Canada: Communities on alert for group A streptococcus spread

Published on: February 3, 2024
07:25

Ottawa, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) Canada´s medical authorities warned population about the spread of invasive group A streptococcus in several Canadian communities.

Uruguay reports spread of EEEV in humans

Published on: January 30, 2024
17:35

Montevideo, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay´s Public Health Ministry (MSP) von Tuesday reported the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV) in humans.

Haiti mobilizes urgent scale up in response to cholera outbreak

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:21

Port-au-Prince, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian health authorities on Friday mobilized a rapid scale up to curb cholera spread across the country.

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.

DPRK calls to reinforce domestic epidemiological campaign

Published on: July 17, 2022
15:11

Pyongyang, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The State Emergency Prophylaxis Command of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday called to reinforce the epidemiological campaign against the fresh wave of new omicron "BA.4" and "BA.5" subvariants.

Swedish scientists find new strain of coronavirus in rodents

Published on: June 7, 2022
17:01

Washington, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the Zoonosis Sciences Center at Uppsala University, in Sweden, have identified a new strain of Covid-19 in rodents called Grimsö. The finding has been published in the journal Viruses.

Chilean candidate asks to fight fake news

Published on: October 27, 2021
16:17

Santiago de Chile, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) The leftist candidate to the Palacio de La Moneda Gabriel Boric on Wednesday asked the Chilean National Television Association to implement a system to fight fake news during presidential debates.

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