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Lebanon reports second MERS case since 2014

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For the first time since 2014, Lebanon health officials reported a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case, according to a Lebanon Ministry of Health press release (computer translated). According...

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Cholera cases up 10,000 as tons of medical supplies arrive

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In a follow-up on the cholera outbreak in Yemen, officials numbers released today show an increase of an additional 10,000 cases in 24 hours. Since the beginning of this outbreak second wave (from 27...

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Yemen cholera cases top 250,000: ‘We are in a race against time’

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One week ago in a joint statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan when  the Yemen cholera outbreak topped 200,000 cases, it was stated, “We are...

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Polio: Additional cases reported in Syria

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In a follow-up on the polio outbreak in Syria, five new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) were reported in the past week, bringing the total of cVDPV2 cases to 22, according...

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Cholera epidemic: 40,000 new cases reported in Yemen during past week

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The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen has recorded a total of 39,688 suspected cholera cases and 183 associated deaths during the period 22 to 27 June 2017. According to a World Health...

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Yemen cholera death toll rises to 1400

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In a joint statement from UNICEF and WHO last week, officials said, “The rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has exceeded 200,000 suspected cases, increasing at an average of 5,000 a day. We...

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Yemen: Cholera epidemic tops 200,000 cases since late April

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After reporting more than 7,000 additional cholera cases in the past day, health officials report the case tally in the Yemen epidemic has reached 200,420 suspected cholera cases, including 1,310 deaths...

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Yemen: 1 mil cholera vaccines headed to the country as death toll tops 1,200

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One million cholera vaccine doses have been approved to be shipped to Yemen, according to an Associated Press report. The report states: WHO said the 1 million doses for Yemen were approved on June 15...

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Syria polio update: 17 cases of cVDPV2 have now been confirmed including one in Raqqa

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According to the latest information from UN authorities dated June 19, seventeen cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type-2 (cVDPV2) have now been confirmed in Syria—16 cases are from Mayadeen...

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The race to contain cholera epidemic, King Salman Centre to support response

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With the cholera epidemic now 172,286 suspected cases, including 1,170 deaths in Yemen, United Nations agencies said a “race” is under way to contain it. “We see that the numbers are going up,...