NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of Guinea notified WHO last week of a confirmed fatal case of Lassa fever in a three-year-old male child from the Kobela health area, Nzerekore health district. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Lassa fever outbreak recently declared in Guinea, The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Guinea reported a second confirmed case on April 29. The individual,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Guinea Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Dr. Mamadou Pethe Diallo declared a Lassa fever outbreak in the country after the confirmation of a case in Guéckédou. The patient...

In a follow-up on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports a second suspected case is being investigated, preliminary information...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the second confirmed Lassa fever case and fatality in the West African country of Guinea. The first case was notified...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) reported today a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case  in Soulouta village, N’Zérékoré...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The number of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases and deaths have risen to 29 cases and 13 deaths as of Saturday, according to the World Health Organization. On 6 February 2021,...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health authorities in Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on 14 February after three cases detected in Gouécké, a rural community in N’Zerekore prefecture tested positive for...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, the African CDC reports a total of 17 cases–N’Zerekore prefecture (16) and Conakry (1). Five deaths have been reported...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 As the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports at least three confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in the past week,  more than 2,000 miles away, Guinea’s Health...