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Nigeria reports four new confirmed Lassa fever cases, 3 deaths

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported an additional four confirmed Lassa fever cases the week ending September 12, including three deaths among the...

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Marburg virus disease outbreak declared over

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the first Marburg Virus Disease outbreak case reported in Guinea, country health officials declared the end of the outbreak having recorded no new...

Rabies vaccination drive in Nelson Mandela Bay, 71 cases reported in the city

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Less than a week after a nine-year-old boy died from rabies, officials with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality report holding a rabies vaccination drive for pets in...

Nigeria cholera update: Nearly 70K suspect cases reported in first 8 months of 2021

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports through September 5, a total of 69,925 suspected cases including...

Nigeria measles: 10K suspected cases since beginning of the year

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported more than 10,000 suspected measles cases during the first eight months of 2021. From January 1 through August 31,...

DRC meningitis epidemic: Response plan set up in Tshopo

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the meningitis outbreak in Tshopo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), The Minister of Health, Hygiene and Prevention, during the Council...

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Chickenpox outbreak recorded in Kasai province, DRC

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Twenty cases of chickenpox were recorded in the space of a week in the Banga health zone in Ilebo territory in Kasai province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The...

Rabies death reported in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa child

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Acting Executive Mayor, Cllr Luxolo Namette has sent his condolences to the family of a nine-year-old boy who succumbed to the canine...

Yellow fever in Cameroon: Nine confirmed cases reported through early August

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UN health officials report in Cameroon, a total of nine presumptive cases of yellow fever, including three deaths (case fatality rate 33 %), tested positive by plaque...

Madagascar plague update: 7 dead from pneumonic plague

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says on August 29, in the Itasy region, in the Arivonimamo health district, an alert was received...