By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews As of May 4, the Indonesia Ministry of Health has reported 11,587 COVID-19 cases, including 864 deaths. On Sunday, the country’s COVID-19 handling spokesman,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the COVID-19 outbreak in Russia, the health ministry reports as of May 2, 2020, 124,054 cases of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and 1,222 deaths...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan CDC reported today there were no new COVID-19 cases in the country since April 25. The case and death toll remains unchanged at 429 total cases and six...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Hong Kong health officials reported this week they are investigating a case of human infection of rat Hepatitis E virus (HEV). The case involves a 61-year-old male....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews For the third consecutive day, Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that no additional cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Country statistics The Russia Ministry of Health reported an additional 6,411 coronavirus disease, or COVID-19 cases today, bringing the country total to 93,558 recorded in...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews After reporting a dramatic increase in dengue fever in 2019, Philippines health officials are seeing a decrease in cases during the first months of 2020. From the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On April 26, 15 new cases of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were announced by the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, bringing the total number of cases to 2,922. Of...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday the launching of a public-private TASK FORCE T3 (Test, Trace and Treat). This public-private task force...

In the Philippines, childhood immunization coverage has been declining sharply in recent years from 87 per cent in 2014 to 68 per cent in 2019, exposing children to vaccine-preventable diseases such as...