Health authorities in the Canadian metropolis of Montreal are examining more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, the public broadcaster Radio-Canada reported on Wednesday. “Montreal public health confirms that several cases of monkeypox are being studied in the metropolis”, indicates Radio-Canada, specifying that “at least 13 cases” are being …
Read More »WHO warns of the dangerousness of a new variant of covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the dangerousness of a new variant of the coronavirus, less transmissible but more serious. The new variant is about the Middle East respiratory syndrome also called MERS. MERS, the pathogen of Middle East respiratory syndrome, was spotted in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. …
Read More »North Korea: total lockdown after detection of first covid case
North Korean President Kim Jong-un imposed a total lockdown following the discovery of the first case of covid-19 in the country on Thursday. This dreaded first case was detected during tests carried out on Sunday, May 8, in the city of Pyongyang, on sick and feverish people. North Korea’s leader …
Read More »Uganda: Covid-19 vaccination no longer free
Uganda’s Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng authorized private hospitals to charge 20,000 shillings (€6) to people wishing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as an overhead for vaccines. While announcing collaboration with private health facilities in Kampala, Dr Aceng said the government is now allowing all private facilities to start …
Read More »Mozambique: Thousands of patients drop out of HIV drugs
Authorities in Mozambique say over 14,000 HIV patients have abandoned antiretroviral therapy in the first three months of the year in the central province of Zambézia. Male patients form the largest part of those no longer taking the drugs, according to Dr Cheinaze Veríssimo – the provincial head of the …
Read More »DR Congo: authorities confirm third Ebola case in northwest
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a third case of Ebola in the northwestern city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday. It is a 48-year-old man who is a high-risk contact of the first patient, who died on April 21, Reuters agency …
Read More »South Africa is experiencing new COVID-19 wave
Health officials and scientists in South Africa said the country may be entering a fifth COVID wave as there is rise in infections over the past 14 days. According to scientists and health officials, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants may be responsible for this increase. Health Minister Joe Phaahla …
Read More »Schools closed in China after new covid cases
Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed most schools following the detection of new cases of covid-19 which continues to wreak havoc in the country. After Shanghai, Beijing, the Chinese capital, which is on high alert against the “Omicron” variant. Since the beginning of the week, 22 million …
Read More »DR Congo: Ebola virus continues to wreak havoc
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has identified more 100 people who came into contact with a new case of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. The WHO says those identified are being monitored for symptoms and vaccinations will begin in the coming …
Read More »South Africa: President Ramaphosa announces end of COVID restrictions
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the lifting of COVID restrictions, imposed since the beginning of the pandemic. In a televised address, the president said the national state of disaster would end at midnight on Monday. “Masks will still be required indoors for another month,” he said. He said …
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