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Malaysia: 4th human rabies case reported in Sarawak in 2021

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) reports one additional death of rabies case among humans in Sarawak, which was confirmed positive on 11 May 2021. The case is...

China reports H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in birds in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported Wednesday on a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in the Hongjiannao...

H1N2v influenza case reported in Taiwan

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan Center for Disease Control has reported a human H1N2v influenza case in a 5-year-old girl living in the central area. She had mild illness (fever, runny...

Indonesia: Suspected anthrax cases released from hospital

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Indonesian weekly magazine, Tempo,co, reports that the six suspected anthrax cases reported in the village in Tulungagung, East Java have been released from the...

Malaysia starts Ivermectin trial for high risk COVID-19 patients

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Effective pharmacologic treatments for COVID-19 remains a challenge. The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial showed dexamethasone, a steroid,...

‘There is no new hybrid variant in Vietnam’: WHO representative in Vietnam

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report last weekend, where Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced that Vietnam has detected a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is a hybrid...

Anthrax case confirmed in Tuva, Russia

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Republic of Tyva, aka Tuva reports ona a confirmed diagnosis of anthrax in a 29-year-old resident of the Bizhiktig-Khaya...

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Philippines: Dozens of typhoid cases reported in CALABARZON

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A total of 68 cases of typhoid fever were recorded in CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region from January 1, 2021 to May 29, 2021 as the Department...

China reports 1st known human case of H10N3 avian influenza

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Chinese health authorities have reported the first known human case of H10N3 avian influenza in a man from Jiangsu Province in east-central China. The patient, a...

Thailand reports human rabies death in Surin

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Authorities in Thailand have reported a human rabies death in Surin province in lower northeastern Thailand, according to the Thai news source, Sanook. The 39-year-old...