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UNICEF expands Lebanon’s response to access drinking water

Published on: October 26, 2022
09:10

Beirut, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is expanding Lebanon's response to access drinking water in order to contain a new cholera outbreak in the country since 1993.

Italy sounds alarm over possible avian flu outbreak

Published on: October 4, 2022
16:30

Rome, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Italy ranks second in Europe in avian flu outbreaks and experts warned on Tuesday of a possible spread of the virus in coming months.

Health officials probe suspected Ebola case in western Kenya

Published on: September 30, 2022
12:07

Nairobi, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Health officials in Kakamega County, western Kenya, are probing a suspected case of Ebola. The patient had recently travelled to eastern Uganda to visit relatives, officials said.

Tanzania to screen for Ebola following Uganda outbreak

Published on: September 24, 2022
13:13

Dodoma, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) Tanzanian health authorities on Saturday urged its citizens, espacially at its borders, to be vigilant following the Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

Limited monkeypox vaccine supply would be stretched under FDA plan

Published on: August 10, 2022
18:47

Washington, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The United States is currently planning to extend the existing vaccine doses against monkeypox virus by changing the administration strategy of immunizers given the rapid increased cases nationwide.

New Covid-19 outbreak spread to 14 provinces in China

Published on: October 30, 2021
09:59

Beijing, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The current Covid-19 outbreak has spread to 14 provinces in China with many local cases and is causing tension due to the speed of contagions with the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the National Health Commission reported today.

UNICEF supports DROC to control Ebola

Published on: October 14, 2021
17:40

Kinshasa, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced it will send medical supplies to the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC), to control and reduce the spread of Ebola epidemic.

China sanctions nine officials for negligence in Covid-19 outbreak

Published on: September 29, 2021
09:09

Beijing, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) A Chinese province sanctioned Tuesday nine officials for negligence and mismanagement of the outbreak of Covid-19 with the delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which continues to expand and was described as critical.

Chinese city resorts to lockdown due to Covid-19 outbreak

Published on: September 22, 2021
08:56

Beijing, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) China's northeastern city of Harbin on Wednesday resorted to lockdown and raised the health alert level due to a new Covid-19 outbreak that reported at least eight cases in recent hours.

Covid-19 outbreak, strong typhoon hit Eastern China

Published on: September 13, 2021
09:02

Beijing, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) Eastern China began the week with some provinces in maximum emergency due to a high intensity typhoon hitting that region and a Covid-19 outbreak that triggered autochthonous cases.

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