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Bavaria, Germany: 7th locally acquired novel coronavirus case, China case count update

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Bavaria, Germany The Bavarian Ministry of Health (computer translated) informed a third time late Friday evening about the current development of the new corona virus...

Philippines: Increase in chikungunya reported in South Cotabato

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in South Cotabato in the southern Philippines report monitoring a  resurgence of suspected chikungunya cases in the past several weeks in Tampakan...

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United Arab Emirates reports two additional MERS cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported an additional two (2) laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)...

California reports 3rd novel coronavirus case, Public Health Emergency declared in US

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Santa Clara County, California received confirmation today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that an adult male resident...

Institut Pasteur isolates strains of coronavirus 2019-nCoV detected in France

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As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases. The quality of these initial samples enabled...

CDC travel notice for Benin: Meningococcal disease outbreak

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice this week for the West African country of Benin due to a meningococcal disease outbreak. An...

Japan reports 3rd locally acquired 2019-nCoV case, this case from Chiba

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases reported (computer translated) today on an additional novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case. The case, a woman...

Coronavirus vaccine program initiated by Vaxart

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Vaxart, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines administered by tablet rather than by injection, announced today that it has initiated a program to develop a...

Novel coronavirus: Italy declares state of emergency, 1st cases confirmed

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Italy Ministry of Health declared a state of health emergency today (computer translated) over the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The decision, made by the Council...

India: 1st novel coronavirus reported in Kerala

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews India health officials reported the first confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case Thursday. According to a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare statement: Positive...