Category - Outbreak News

Asia Outbreak Countries Outbreak News

Avian flu reappears in Cambodia, UN health agency warns

These are the first cases of avian influenza, known as H5N1, reported in Cambodia since a widespread outbreak in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The infection, which largely affects animals, has a 50 per...

27 February, 2023

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Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: infectious diseases expected to be a concern in two to four weeks

Food and water-borne diseases, respiratory infections and vaccine-preventable infections are a risk in the upcoming period, with the potential to cause outbreaks, particularly as survivors are moving to temporary...

21 February, 2023

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Africa Outbreak Countries Outbreak News

Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, following the deaths of at least nine people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...

15 February, 2023

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Malaria: Three-dose Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine shows safety, efficacy in Burkina Faso adults

A three-dose regimen of a whole-parasite vaccine against malaria – called Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine – demonstrated safety and efficacy when tested in adults living in Burkina Faso, West Africa...

12 January, 2023

4 min read

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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

The health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the...

21 September, 2022

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Travel alert for Chikungunya Virus

Chikungunya virus is endemic in the Indonesian archipelago, and sporadic cases are reported from various islands, including Bali. Bali is a favorite tourist destination, and visitors should be aware of the risk of...

30 August, 2022

2 min read

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Tomato flu outbreak in India

Just as we are dealing with the probable emergence of fourth wave of COVID-19, a new virus known as tomato flu, or tomato fever, has emerged in India in the state of Kerala in children younger than 5 years.1 The rare...

25 August, 2022

6 min read

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Henipavirus Outbreak in China

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a newly identified Henipavirus, named Langya (LayV), infected farmers and other residents, who believe it may have spread directly or indirectly from shrews – small mole...

16 August, 2022

4 min read

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New York detects vaccine-derived polio case

Health officials in New York announced a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 case, which involves a person in Rockland County, prompting a vaccination push for the unimmunized and those who aren’t fully protected...

22 July, 2022

3 min read

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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, received samples from two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and...

22 July, 2022

4 min read