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France reports 1st human H1N2v influenza variant in Côtes d’Armor

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Public Health France, or Santé Publique France reported Friday a human case H1N2v influenza variant in a man from Côtes d’Armor, in the north of Brittany, in...

Ukraine reports 5 West Nile virus cases this summer

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews During the summer of 2021, five cases of West Nile fever were registered in Ukraine, according to the Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Three...

UK: Shingles vaccine, Shingrix, now available for people with weakened immune systems

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The UK Health Security Agency announced that as of September 1, the Shingrix vaccine will be available for people who are 70 to 79 years of age with weakened immune systems...

Portugal: COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Portugal Directorate-General for Health (DGS) reported Wednesday an additional 1,778 new COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths related to the disease. Since the beginning...

Anthrax outbreak kills dozens of cattle in Spain

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Veterinary Health Alert Network (Rasve) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has reported an outbreak of anthrax in a bovine farm in Ciudad Real. According...

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Sweden to remove most COVID-19 restrictions by end of month

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Agency made an overall assessment that the government should proceed with the plan to lift many of the COVID-19 restrictions on 29 September...

Norway: School employees vaccinated against COVID-19 at higher rate than general population

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, aka Folkehelseinstituttet reported 92 percent (251,000) of employees in schools and kindergartens through September 2 received...

UK declared free of bird flu

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, declared today that international standards have been met to declare the country free from bird flu. However,...

Portugal reports 97% of people 65 years and older are fully vaccinated

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Portugal Direção-Geral da Saúde reported today the Vaccination Report No. 28 indicates that about 80% of the population has at least one dose of vaccine COVID-19 and 72%...

Portugal COVID-19 update: Delta variant accounts for all infections

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Portugal health officials reported 2,830 additional COVID-19 cases according to data released today. In addition, nine more fatalities were reported,. To date, Portugal has reported...