Category: Global Reporting
Ebola Cases, Fatalities Rise in Uganda
VOA – Uganda health officials declared an outbreak of Ebola a week ago. Five days later, on September 25, they confirmed the disease had infected 36 people, killing 23. It is the first Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Sudan virus in Uganda since 2012. A vaccine is available to protect adults from becoming infected […]
Sep 27, 2022
Journal of Clinical Virology – The factors contributing to delayed viral clearance in COVID-19 are still unclear.•The authors investigated these factors in a study of a multiethnic population.• Advanced age, cardiovascular comorbidity, and severe COVID-19 all led to Delayed viral clearance• This early recognition enables for a detailed strategy to optimize the outcome.
Sep 27, 2022
Uganda: Ebola Disease caused by Sudan virus
WHO – On 20 September 2022, Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central Uganda. As of 25 September 2022, a cumulative number of 18 confirmed and 18 probable cases have been reported from Mubende, […]
Sep 27, 2022
Fortune – The pandemic forced many Americans into constrained ways of working and socializing. Interactions generally became more limited, outside of Zoom and occasional confrontations over mask policies. Americans now really are interacting more and holding back less, proving both Biden’s and Powell’s words true, and the results aren’t so pretty. From the remote-work wars to “crisis” levels […]
Sep 27, 2022
Data on SARS-CoV-2 variants in the EU/EEA
ECDC – Information about the volume of COVID-19 sequencing, the number and percentage distribution of variants of concern (VOC) by week and country. Download file at the link
Sep 27, 2022
Uganda Ebola outbreak area expands, cases jump to 36, deaths to 23
CIDRAP – Uganda’s health ministry today reported a steady surge in Ebola Sudan cases in the past few days, bringing the total to 36 of which 23 (64%) have proved fatal. In another worrying development, the ministry said yesterday that illnesses have been reported in two more locations, as the affected area expands. Just 4 […]
Sep 27, 2022
Sewage monitoring indicates a surge of Covid-19 spread in Latvia
Baltic News – September’s monitoring data indicates increased concentration of the virus in sewer water in Riga, Jurmala, Liepaja and Jelgava. Measurements in Liepaja, however, show signs of stabilisation and reduced concentration of the virus. A sharp surge is reported in Ventspils, which contradicts data reported by the Disease Prevention and Control Center.
Sep 26, 2022
Turkish Embassy Official Dies Of Pneumonia In ‘Coronavirus-Free’ Turkmenistan
Radio Free Europe – An official of the Turkish Embassy in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, has died of pneumonia in the only Central Asian nation that has not officially registered a single coronavirus case. Citing unnamed officials at the Turkish embassy, Turkmen.news and the Turkish TRT Avaz media outlet reported that an adviser on religious issues, […]
Sep 26, 2022
Uganda medical workers strike at Ebola hospital
BBC – Medical interns at Uganda’s Mubende hospital have gone on strike, accusing the government of not providing them with appropriate safety kit, risk allowances and health insurance. The hospital, located some 150 km (95 miles) from the capital, Kampala, is hosting the main isolation centre for Ebola patients as the outbreak continues to spread […]
Sep 26, 2022
More Than 700 Children Have Died in a Measles Outbreak in Zimbabwe
NYT – It is driven by a decline in child immunization during the pandemic and the influence of an anti-vaccination evangelical church. As of Sept. 6, the country’s Ministry of Health and Child Care was reporting more than 6,500 cases and 704 deaths. It has not released numbers since then.
Sep 26, 2022