By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported today on the 17th confirmed polio case in the country since September 2019. The new case is a one-year-old boy...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Malaysia Ministry of Health (MOH) announced two additional COVID-19 cases Saturday. The 20th case involved a 27-year-old Chinese citizen who arrived in Malaysia...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Singapore health officials (MOH) confirmed and verified nine additional cases of COVID-19 infection. Of these, six are linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified eight additional cases of COVID-19 infection, all of which are linked to previous cases. Health...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced today (computer translated) the first COVID-19 death in the country. The victim, a woman in her 80s from...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that there is one new case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported today, making the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in England are reporting the 9th COVID-19 case in the country and the first in London. According to Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty: “One...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nomenclature There was some activity concerning the long awaited nomenclature for the 2019 novel coronavirus and it’s related disease. On Tuesday, following...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Singapore The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two additional cases of 2019-nCoV infection in Singapore. Of these, one was on the evacuation flight from Wuhan...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of people that have tested positive for the new coronavirus on a cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port has increased by 66, according to Japan’s health...