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Malaysia reports 20 -fold increase in hand, foot and mouth disease cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health reports through May 21, a total of 47,209 cases of HFMD, which is a 20 -fold...

Vietnam: Dengue cases up 33% in Ho Chi Minh City

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 From January 1 to May 19, officials in Vietnam have reported 8,248 cases of dengue fever in Ho Chi Minh City, an increase of 33.3 percent over the same period last year, according...

North Korea COVID-19 update according to state media

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the COVID-19 epidemic in North Korea, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reports according to the notification of the National Emergency Response Command,...

Singapore closes in on 10,000 dengue cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Singapore in 2022, the National Environment Agency (NEA) reports 9,895 total cases through May 20. The number of weekly reported dengue...

Dengue cases up 45% in Malaysia

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue fever situation in Malaysia in 2022, the Ministry of Health reports a total of 1,074 cases of dengue the week ending May 14, bringing the cumulative number...

H5N6 avian influenza case reported in Guangxi, China

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hong Kong health officials report monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland. According to officials, the case involves a 49-year-old male living in Baise...

Malaysia hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak continues to grow in 2022, Nearly 32K cases reported to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health reported today a total of 31,661 cases of HFMD were reported through May 14. This...

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North Korea COVID-19 tally tops 500K, 21 new deaths

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the COVID-19 outbreak situation in North Korea,  the Pyongyang Times reports today: On May 13, over 174,440 persons developed fever, at least 81,430 were fully...

Typhoid vaccine, SKYTyphoid, licensed for export by Korea

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and SK bioscience announced this week that SK bioscience obtained an export license from the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for...

North Korea COVID-19 update: More than 350,000 people got ‘fever’ since late April, 6 deaths reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on what is believed to be a COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea, the state-controlled, Pyongyang Times, disclosed many more details about the situation in the Hermit...