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Covid-19 testing to no longer be recommended for vast majority of people
Irish Times Covid numbers in hospital more than double as fresh wave starts. Testing for Covid-19 will no longer be recommended for the vast majority of people from next Thursday, the HSE has announced. People with Covid-19 or other respiratory virus symptoms should stay at home until 48 hours after their symptoms have substantially or […]
Mar 28, 2023
Burundi: Mysterious disease with symptoms resembling those of the Ebola virus appears
Burundi News (Machine Translated) An as yet unidentified disease killed three people in three days in the commune of Gitobe in the province of Kirundo and in the commune of Butihinda in the province of Muyinga (north-eastern Burundi). Symptoms developed by patients suffering from this disease resemble those of Ebola hemorrhagic virus or Marburg virus disease. In […]
Mar 28, 2023
Equatorial Guinea, Africa – Marburg Virus Disease Emergency Appeal
ReliefWeb Download PDF Report SITUATION OVERVIEW The Ministry of Health of Equatorial Guinea received reports of a cluster of deaths due to an unknown illness in two north-eastern districts of the continental region of Equatorial Guinea (Nsok-Nsomo and Ebebiyin). A total of nine people died from January 7 to February 6 with symptoms similar to […]
Mar 28, 2023
This week Dr. Lawler provides us with updates of COVID-19 data from the U.K., and discusses the concerns of the low level of COVID testing. “We [the U.S.] are now testing at a level that is similar to April 2020.” Watch the video here: https://bit.ly/3FZIiaO
Mar 28, 2023
Marburg virus disease – United Republic of Tanzania
WHO Situation at a glance On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the United Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the country. As of 22 March, a total of eight cases, including five deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 62.5%) have been reported from two villages in […]
Mar 28, 2023
Bird Flu Outbreak at New York’s Sole Supplier of Pheasants
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a game farm in Ithaca. The Cornell Wildlife Health Lab conducted testing and confirmed positive results which now places the Reynolds Game Farm under quarantine for 120 days. According to the Department of Environmental Conservation, 500 of the 6,600 […]
Mar 28, 2023
UK: Dolphin found dead on beach was infected with avian flu
Tivy The adult female dolphin was discovered on Newgale beach last month. Tests have shown that the creature – who died from other causes – was carrying the avian flu strain. In recent weeks, a dolphin in Dorset and a harbour porpoise in Yorkshire have also been found to be infected with the virus, which […]
Mar 28, 2023
Forbes The World Health Organization has urged African health authorities to be vigilant to the spread of the deadly Marburg virus, following reports of a new outbreak in Tanzania and a slew of new cases in Equatorial Guinea, as experts in multiple countries scramble to contain the highly infectious Ebola-like disease for which there is […]
Mar 28, 2023
Marburg virus disease – Equatorial Guinea
WHO Situation at a glance Since the first Disease Outbreak News on this event was published on 25 February 2023, eight additional laboratory-confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD) have been reported in Equatorial Guinea. This brings the total to nine laboratory-confirmed cases and 20 probable cases since the declaration of the outbreak in February 2023. There […]
Mar 23, 2023
