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Bolivia intensifies control due to new case of canine rabies

Published on: June 8, 2024
00:45

La Paz, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Faced with a fifth case of canine rabies in the municipality of Sucre, in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca, health authorities activated the control of foci, the municipal head of Zoonosis, Martha Sandi, said.

Montserrat mobilized over scabies outbreak

Published on: June 7, 2024
10:46

Plymouth, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The health authorities of Montserrat are mobilized to prevent further spread and control an outbreak of scabies confirmed in the Caribbean territory, although they have not yet specified how many people are affected.

Paraguay: Outbreak of chickenpox among children

Published on: March 7, 2024
14:46

Asunción, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The isolation of 44 children in a Paraguayan school after a case of chickenpox was detected among them coincided with a vaccination campaign against the disease that began a few days ago, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

El Salvador on alert for measles outbreak

Published on: March 2, 2024
11:51

San Salvador, Mar 3 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is on alert for international outbreaks of measles epidemics, according to a report issued today by the Medical Association (Colmedes), which calls for preventive vaccination at home.

Bird flu spreads to Ecuador’s other provinces

Published on: November 27, 2023
14:23

Quito, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Environment activated surveillance protocols in Manabí province on Monday after detecting an outbreak of bird flu in La Boca mangrove.

Health Director confirms large outbreak of dengue fever in DR

Published on: October 25, 2023
14:25

Santo Domingo, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The director of the Dominican Health Service, Mario Lama, acknowledged there is a large outbreak of dengue fever in the country and that one hospital is registering up to 140 admissions in a day.

New dengue outbreak worries health authorities in Ecuador

Published on: September 28, 2023
15:39

Quito, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) The Public Health Ministry of Ecuador detected today the first case of dengue in the province of Pichincha, while another infectious outbreak is causing concern in Cotopaxi, where two people died.

India´s Kerala state rushes to contain fresh Nipah virus outbreak

Published on: September 16, 2023
09:52

New Delhi, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread.

Over 3.7 million dengue cases reported worldwide – ECDC

Published on: August 29, 2023
17:17

Geneva, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Tuesday reported that over 3.7 million cases of dengue have been reported worldwide through August 23.

Mozambique neutralizes cholera outbreak

Published on: May 15, 2023
12:42

Maputo, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Mozambique has reduced the incidence of cholera, after an outbreak of the disease due to torrential rains and floods since last February, due to the sanitary measures adopted, a United Nations source said on Monday.

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