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  • WHO MERS-CoV update

    Saudi Arabia // 26 February, 2019

    In the most recent Disease Outbreak Notification on the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an ongoing outbreak at a hospital in Wadi Aldwasir city.

    MERS-CoV

  • Ebola updates 25 February to 3 March

    Congo DRC // 03 March, 2019

    Updates on the Ebola outbreak this week...

    Ebola

  • Potential Ebola death tests negative

    Uganda // 16 February, 2019

    Relatives carried a possible Ebola victim's body across checkpoints in DRC on their way to Uganda.

    Ebola

  • Ebola updates 11 to 17 February - new health zone affected

    Congo DRC // 18 February, 2019

    Updates on the Ebola outbreak this week include a new health zone affected, and an updated risk assessment from the ECDC.......

    Ebola

  • Another bird flu H9N2 case reported

    China // 26 February, 2019

    A 2-year-old boy in Hunan province has been reported infected with bird flu H9N2....

    Bird flu other strains

  • swine flu variant case reported

    Australia // 26 February, 2019

    Australian authorities have reported a 15-year-old girl who was ill in September 2018 was infected with a swine flu variant....

    Swine flu variants, Influenza H3N2

  • Ebola updates 18 to 24 November 2019

    Congo DRC // 25 November, 2019

    Updates from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, as well as news about the disease...

    Ebola

  • WHO flu update

    Bahrain // Kuwait // Saudi Arabia // Oman // Qatar // Cuba // Jamaica // Cameroon // Togo // Cote d'Ivoire // Ghana // Laos // Malaysia // 12 November, 2019

    The latest flu update from the World Health Organisation...

    Seasonal Flu

  • Ebola Updates 25 November to 1 December

    Congo DRC // 03 December, 2019

    Updates from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, as well as news about the disease...

    Ebola

  • Medical staff exposed to Lassa fever in Sierra Leone repatriated to Netherlands and United Kingdom

    Sierra Leone // Netherlands // United Kingdom // Denmark // Germany // Uganda // Morocco // 03 December, 2019

    Two doctors confirmed infected with Lassa fever, and several other medical staff have been repatriated to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom....

    Lassa Fever

  • Ebola updates 11 to 17 November 2019

    Congo DRC // 18 November, 2019

    Updates from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, as well as news about the disease...

    Ebola

  • MERS CoV cases November 2019

    Saudi Arabia // 29 November, 2019

    The following MERS-CoV cases have been reported by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health in November...

    MERS-CoV

  • Human case of H9N2 bird flu uncovered from January 2019

    India // 15 November, 2019

    Retrospective analysis showed a single person had H9N2 bird flu in early 2019 ....

    Influenza H9N2, Bird flu other strains

  • Study: Ebola treatment trial results from DRC outbreak

    Congo DRC // 28 November, 2019

    Final results of the PALM study in DRC have been published in the NEJM. Mortality was lower in two of the treatment groups...

    Ebola

  • Outbreak of bird flu in birds in Sokoto

    Nigeria // 28 November, 2019

    An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu H5N6 has been identified in the Sokoto Live Bird Market.....

    Influenza H5N6, Bird flu other strains

  • WHO Global Influenza Programme - non-pharmaceutical interventions

    04 November, 2019

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Programme, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health and The University of Hong Kong have worked collaboratively to provide recommendations for the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI’s) in future influenza epidemics and pandemics

    Seasonal Flu

  • Ebola updates 4 to 10 November 2019

    Congo DRC // 10 November, 2019

    Updates from the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, as well as news about the disease...

    Ebola

  • WHO MERS CoV update October

    Saudi Arabia // United Arab Emirates // 13 November, 2019

    The World Health Organization (WHO) have issued an update for October...

    MERS-CoV

  • Study: medical masks and N95 respirators equally effective

    05 September, 2019

    A recent study has found that there are no significant differences between surgical masks and respirator masks,

    General Articles

  • Another outbreak of bird flu in birds

    Taiwan (China) // 20 November, 2019

    An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a flock of chickens in Puzi city, Chiayi County in late October [...]

    Bird flu other strains