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  • WHO committee: Ebola not an international emergency, entry screening not recommended

    Congo DRC // 18 May, 2018

    Ebola

  • MoH Ebola outbreak update 13 to 20 May

    Congo DRC // 21 May, 2018

    According to the Ministry of Health's situation update dated 17 May...

    Ebola

  • WHO - Ebola Outbreak Response

    Congo DRC // 23 May, 2018

    The WHO have released a briefing, in the form of a slide presentation on the Ebola outbreak response...

    Ebola

  • WHO MERS situation update

    Saudi Arabia // 26 May, 2018

    Over 2200 confirmed cases and more than 780 deaths due to MERS-CoV

    MERS-CoV

  • Ebola vaccination begins

    Congo DRC // 21 May, 2018

    The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that people at high risk for infection in affected health zones are being targeted for preventative Ebola vaccination.

    Ebola

  • MERS-CoV case in a camel farmer

    United Arab Emirates // 28 May, 2018

    A camel farmer in Gayathi tested positive for MERS CoV.

    MERS-CoV

  • MoH Ebola outbreak update 28 May to 3 June 2018

    Congo DRC // 04 June, 2018

    The Ministry of Health's update for this week is as follows:

    Ebola

  • WHO Ebola outbreak update 14 May

    Congo DRC // 14 May, 2018

    Seven more suspected cases of Ebola have been recorded in the latest World Heath Organization update...

    Ebola

  • Ebola outbreak may have started in Ingende in January

    Congo DRC // 14 May, 2018

    The International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies plan of action states that investigations by WHO have "identified 135 cases, going back as far as January 2018 in the Igende zone ...

    Ebola

  • Bird flu in birds 14 to 20 May

    South Africa // Denmark // Nepal // 18 May, 2018

    The spread of a variety of bird flu strains affecting poultry and wild birds continues. The following highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks have been reported by either the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) or national authorities this week...

    Influenza H5N8, Bird flu other strains, Influenza H5N6, Bird flu H5N1

  • Family cluster of MERS cases

    Saudi Arabia // 31 May, 2018

    There are reports of MERS-CoV infecting six people of the same family.

    MERS-CoV

  • Suspected Ebola case at Entebbe tests negative

    Uganda // 14 May, 2018

    According to media sources, a male passenger travelling from the DRC...

    Ebola

  • Next pandemic will spread by the respiratory route

    United States // 14 May, 2018

    According to the Johns Hopkins report "The Characteristics of Pandemic Pathogens," the next germ to cause a pandemic will likely spread by the respiratory route.

    General Articles

  • MoH Ebola outbreak update 21 to 27 May 2018

    Congo DRC // 28 May, 2018

    The Ministry of Health's situation update for this week is as follows:

    Ebola

  • WHO Influenza update

    Brazil // Chile // Paraguay // Cote d'Ivoire // Tanzania // Bolivia // Guatemala // Honduras // Suriname // Dominican Republic // Mongolia // Russia // 15 May, 2018

    According to the latest WHO influenza update dated 14 May, flu activity is at inter-seasonal levels across most countries in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere except for Eastern Europe...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Rumoured case of Ebola has Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)

    Uganda // 28 May, 2018

    A 35-year-old man from Kakumiro district who fell ill on 21 May, subsequently died on 23 May in hospital in Mubende. Samples were positive for Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) ....

    General Articles

  • Ebola outbreak WHO and MoH Strategic Response Plan

    Congo DRC // 29 May, 2018

    The WHO and MoH have published the strategic response plan to the Ebola virus disease outbreak....

    Ebola

  • Ebola confirmed in urban Mbandaka

    Congo DRC // 20 May, 2018

    There is a confirmed case of Ebola in Mbandaka.

    Ebola

  • WHO Influenza Update

    Mongolia // Dominican Republic // Haiti // Guatemala // Honduras // Bolivia // Peru // Venezuela // Ethiopia // Chile // Paraguay // Brazil // South Africa // Australia // New Zealand // 29 May, 2018

    According to the latest WHO influenza update dated 28 May, flu activity is at inter-seasonal levels across most countries in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Suspected Ebola case in Haut-Uele province

    Congo DRC // 17 May, 2018

    Unconfirmed reports suggest there could be an Ebola case in Haut-Uele province. . .

    Ebola