According to a 180.com.uy report, the government put in quarantine Tuesday near the coast to a second Chinese-flagged vessel, after one of his crew showing symptoms similar to those of two sailors from another ship of the same origin who died in recent days. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the new crew member concerned is hospitalized in Montevideo in serious condition, but it is not known what the illness that afflicts. The first ship with 40 people on board, entered Montevideo last week with a crew died and another patient, who after being treated at a local health center also died. Another sailor from that ship remains hospitalized. Read article
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Sabahionline.com reported that the Tanzanian government has sent a team of experts to investigate a malaria outbreak in Kagera region, Tanzania’s Daily News reported Saturday. Read Article
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Thelocal.de reports that experts are warning that the worst flooding seen in Germany for over 500 years could be followed by a plague of mosquitoes. With so much stagnant water lying around and the possibility of warmer weather on the way, experts say many areas could be about to be invaded by swarms of the […]
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Timeslive.co.za reports that at least 151 people have been admitted to Durban hospitals in the past three months suffering from diarrhoea, resulting in the deaths of two children. The deputy head of eThekwini metro’s communicable disease service, Dr Ayo Olowolagba, said in a statement that most of those treated were children, half of whom came […]
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Kristv.com reports that a big increase in bacterial infections found in warm salt water has health officials on alert tonight. It’s called Vibrio Parahaemolyticus. You and your family could come in contact with the potentially dangerous bacteria. Justin Bovee and his son are enjoying a day at the beach, unaware that inside the water, they […]
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According to an itv.com report, it is always the children who suffer worst and Zaatari is no place to bring a child. Yet there are a staggering 16,000 children under the age of 5 in the camp. With just 28 children’s beds for potentially 16,000 patients, it is no wonder that doctors in the warn […]
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NBC News reports that the U.S. government has declared the outbreak caused by the new Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus to be a public health emergency – not because it’s affecting the U.S. but to allow the quicker release of tests to keep an eye on it. The virus has killed at least 30 […]
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According to rttnews.com, Japan is in the grip of rubella infections or German measles with the disease spreading rapidly, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reports that 5,442 people were diagnosed with rubella during January-April this year. The infections are 34 times more than than that of the same period last year, the Institute […]
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Arabnews.com reported that passengers arriving at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) are being monitored through a scanning machine to ensure that they are free from coronavirus, according to a Filipino passenger from Saudi Arabia. “It was after I heard the news on the radio that coronavirus has spread to other countries that I realized why […]
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According to xinhuanet.com, the Philippine government is closely monitoring all international passengers, particularly those from the Middle East, to ensure that SARS-like virus could not enter into the country, a senior government official said Saturday. But Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that there is no need yet to heighten the alert amid the spread […]
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