Category Epidemics

Coronavirus update: Number of infected ‘certainly’ higher than Chinese authorities admit #coronavirus #wuhan #china #emergency

CHINA’S coronavirus epidemic has infected considerably more people than what the Chinese authorities have reported, a health expert has warned. The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has killed at least 565 people and infected more than 28,000 globally. But Dr Paweł Grzesiowski,…

Coronavirus: Third confirmed case in UK #coronavirus #uk #wuhan #china #emergency

A third person in the UK has tested positive for coronavirus, the Department of Health has said. The person did not contract it in the UK, the department said. Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England said: “A further…

#Ebola outbreak in DR #Congo declared as an International Public #Health #Emergency

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). “It is time for the world to take notice and…

#BubonicPlague outbreak sees medics board #plane and #quarantine #passengers who flew from #Mongolian region

This is the alarming moment that paramedics in hazmat suits were forced to board a plane in Mongolia amid fears of a bubonic plague outbreak. Emergency workers intercepted the domestic flight at the airport in the capital Ulaanbaatar, after a…