The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department confirmed this Friday afternoon that African Swine Fever (ASF) virus was found in a pig in the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse, according to Hong Kong...

Earlier this month, the FAO reported on the number of pigs culled in the Asian countries affected by African swine fever (ASF). At that time, they reported Vietnam culled approximately 90,000 pigs since...

Philippines health officials reported an additional nearly 800 dengue fever cases during the week ending April 20, bringing the cumulative total to 67,106 cases with 277 deaths. This is almost double...

The Health Protection Agency, Ministry of Health, Maldives is reporting a 200 percent increase in dengue fever cases thus far in 2019 compared to the same period last year. Official data shows 1,912...

Syphilis Thailand health authorities are reporting an alarming increase in syphilis among Thai teens and young adults, according to a Chiang Rai Times report. The director-general of the DDC, Suwanchai...

The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed one imported case of monkeypox infection. The patient is a 38-year-old Nigerian national who arrived in Singapore alone on 28 April 2019, and was tested...

The measles outbreak in Japan continues this year as the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo reports 422 cases as of Apr. 24. The Government of Japan confirmed a Narita International Airport...

In September last year, Juan Lubroth, FAO’s Chief Veterinary Officer said concerning the new emergence of African swine fever in China–“Unfortunately, what we’re seeing so far is just the...

Quarantine lifted In a follow-up on the report of two plague deaths, a husband and wife in Mongolia, who reported consumed raw marmot meat, the BBC reports that the 6-day quarantine has been lifted. According...

Officials with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) report (computer translated) the first case of the tickborne infection, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in...