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Bulgaria: COVID-19 vaccination campaign to start Dec. 27

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Bulgaria Ministry of Health announced today that the  immunization campaign against COVID-19 will be launched throughout the country on Dec. 27. The campaign is organized...

Bolivia reports 1,000 additional COVID-19 cases, Government plans to purchase COVID-19 vaccines before March

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Christmas Eve, the Bolivia Ministry of Health and Sports reported 1,057 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the accumulated total to 153,121. Of the 1,057 new cases, 474 confirmed...

Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns

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Pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, during the third trimester are unlikely to pass the infection to their newborns, suggests a study funded by the National...

SARS-CoV-2 variant: Africa CDC statement

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) wishes to raise awareness of Member States regarding the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which was reported...

South Africa detects new SARS-CoV-2 lineage, Cases found in the UK

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Last week, the South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced changes in SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. The Network for Genomics Surveillance...

Norway Yersinia outbreak over, Linked to pre-cut lettuce

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Yersinia enterocolitica O3 outbreak in Norway, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health says the source of the outbreak is likely a pre-cut lettuce product,...

1M chickens to be culled after Japan deals with another bird flu outbreak

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By Teddy Cambosa In response to another bird flu outbreak in the country, Japanese prefecture Chiba has ordered the culling of more than one million chickens. The announcement came after workers in a...

Philippines records more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases on Christmas Eve

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By Teddy Cambosa As the Southeast Asia nation gears up in celebration of the Christmas festivities, the nation’s Department of Health has recorded a total of 1,776 new cases today, December 24. As the...

Yellow fever outbreak reported in Guinea: WHO

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By Teddy Cambosa A yellow fever outbreak has been recorded in the African nation of Guinea, a report from the World Health Organization shows. The data, collected from November 6 and December 15 this...

PH’s NGCP appeals to nat’l gov’t to allow private purchases of COVID-19 vaccines

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By Teddy Cambosa The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), a privately-owned electric utility company, is appealing to the national government to allow private companies procure and purchase...