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Botulism reported in Ukrainian couple, Linked to smoked fish

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  The Ukrainian Information Service reports (computer translated) two cases of foodborne botulism in the Podolsky district of the Odessa region. According to the...

Finland: COVID-19 cases fallen for more than a month, risk of spread in schools is small

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  Health officials in Finland report based on the epidemiological, medical and functional indicators, the COVID-19 epidemic has continued to slow compared to the previous...

COVID-19 antibody study in Sweden

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Sweden’s Public Health Authority has launched a survey to measure and estimate how many in the community have had COVID-19. Blood samples are collected from laboratories in clinical chemistry and...

Salmonella outbreak reported in Zaporizhia, Ukraine

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Ukraine report investigating a Salmonella outbreak in the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhia. Twelve cases have been hospitalized with salmonellosis...

Bulgaria: Outbreak of Q fever in the midst of coronavirus pandemic

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Bulgaria Ministry of Health reported 41 additional COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2372  with 769 recovered. The cases registered...

Sweden officials produce guidance on how to assess freedom of COVID-19 infection

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Authority, along with an expert working group, produced a guide for how freedom of infection can be assessed. Knowledge of infectiousness...

Netherlands COVID-19 update, Serology Task Force says rapid tests unreliable

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  On Sunday, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reported fifteen additional COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths. They note not all of these...

Spain: Food safety authorities warn of anisakiasis in anchovies, 3 infected

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) reported last week (computer translated) that the parasitic nematode (worm), anisakis has been reported...

Slovenia declares end to COVID-19 epidemic

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  On Friday, the Government of Slovenia officially declared to end to the COVID-19 epidemic in the country. The SARS-CoV-2 Infectious Disease Epidemic (COVID-19) was...

Sweden releases results of COVID-19 prevalence investigation

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The Swedish Public Health Authority conducts several investigations to find out the presence of COVID-19 in Sweden. The results of the first survey at national level , with a total of 2 573 participants,...