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Haiti mobilizes urgent scale up in response to cholera outbreak

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:21

Port-au-Prince, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian health authorities on Friday mobilized a rapid scale up to curb cholera spread across the country.

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.

DPRK calls to reinforce domestic epidemiological campaign

Published on: July 17, 2022
15:11

Pyongyang, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The State Emergency Prophylaxis Command of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday called to reinforce the epidemiological campaign against the fresh wave of new omicron "BA.4" and "BA.5" subvariants.

Swedish scientists find new strain of coronavirus in rodents

Published on: June 7, 2022
17:01

Washington, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Researchers from the Zoonosis Sciences Center at Uppsala University, in Sweden, have identified a new strain of Covid-19 in rodents called Grimsö. The finding has been published in the journal Viruses.

Chilean candidate asks to fight fake news

Published on: October 27, 2021
16:17

Santiago de Chile, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) The leftist candidate to the Palacio de La Moneda Gabriel Boric on Wednesday asked the Chilean National Television Association to implement a system to fight fake news during presidential debates.

Cuban expert urges to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading

Published on: September 23, 2021
15:10

Santa Clara, Cuba, Sep 23 ( Prensa Latina) Dr. Jose Luis Aparicio, advisor to Cuba's Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), urged on Thursday, in Santa Clara city, to prevent the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus from spreading.

Sub-Saharan Africa reported some 21,000 new Covid-19 cases

Published on: August 31, 2021
11:39

Nairobi, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) To the concern of scientists about the possibility of an uncontrolled spread of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday reported 20,497 new Covid-19 cases in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Americas warns of new Covid-19 variants in the region

Published on: July 22, 2021
07:01

Washington, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Latin America and the Caribbean continued on alert due to the presence of at least one or all variants of coronavirus, a concern in the international community, experts said.

Russia maintains voluntary vaccination against Covid-19

Published on: June 28, 2021
17:15

Moscow, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday reiterated that Russia did not decree mandatory vaccination, although some regions are introducing regulations to deal with the growing spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Governor applies closure of Santiago de Cuba due to Covid-19

Published on: June 26, 2021
04:54

Santiago de Cuba, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Santiago de Cuba's Governor Beatriz Johnson on Friday applied the closure of that province starting this Saturday as part of the measures to stop the SARS-CoV-2 spread.

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