In the Press

Doctors in Sudan’s Northern State have reported 27 deaths and 68 miscarriages among livestock in the area of El Nafaab in Merowe locality, and warn of the emergence of cases of Rift Valley fever* and chikungunya**, similar to last year. They have appealed to the Ministry of Health and the state government to deal with the potential epidemic in a safe manner.

Seven people, including a child, died from this pneumonic plague between August 25 and 30, according to a Russian media report citing the local Ministry of Health.

Viral infections have been a cause of mortality for several centuries and continue to endanger the lives of many, specifically of the younger population.

In Finland, influenza vaccination for those 65 years and older was added to the vaccination programme in 2002 and is available free of charge in public health centres.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported.

Vietnamese health officials reported 13,321 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including 7,539 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 80% of people above the age of 12 have had the two shots.

With all the news surrounding the death of a Kerala state, India child from Nipah virus earlier this week, the Bangladesh Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) just updated their Nipah case count for 2021.

The Ministry of Health in Alagoas state has reported 11 confirmed cases of measles since May this year in two municipalities.