Coronavirus — China
Archive for Global Disease Alerts
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (32): China, global, management, research
Coronavirus -- ChinaAt 04:00 on [3 Feb 2020], 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 3235 newly confirmed cases (2345 in Hubei Province) and 492 severe cases (442 in Hubei Province). There were 64 death cases (64 cases in Hubei Province), 157 newly recovered cases (101 cases in Hubei Province), and 5072 suspected cases (3182 cases in Hubei Province).As of 24:00 on [3 Feb 2020], the National Health and Health Commission has received Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Hepatitis E – Namibia
Hepatitis E -- NamibiaAgonising back pain, fatigue, jaundice, nausea and loss of appetite are some of the symptoms that a 27 year old had to endure last year [2019] before he was diagnosed with hepatitis E.The disease, which is commoner in areas with poor hand washing and lack of clean water, has been described as an epidemic, as more cases are reported to the authorities. The man is among 4000 Namibian men, mostly from Windhoek's informal settlements, battling the virus."I could not sleep at night, Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Panama disease TR4, banana – Philippines: (Mindanao)
Other Plant Disease -- PhilippinesThe dreaded Panama disease may have already ravaged more than a quarter of all the banana plantations in Mindanao. Areas infected may have doubled from 15 000 hectares identified by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in 2015, said Victor S Mercado Jr, Marsman-Drysdale Agribusiness Group. The spread was "expected" due to the lack of appropriate biosafety measures in small plantations [that] account for almost half of the total 88 667 hectares planted with the Cavendish Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis update (12): global (WPV1,cVDPV) Pakistan (SD,BA,KP,PJ)
Polio -- PakistanNew wild poliovirus isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 6Environment: 13Others: 0New cVDPV isolates reported this week:AFP cases: 22Environment: 7Others: 6Headlines- It is with profound sorrow that the WHO announces the sudden demise of Dr Peter Salama, who passed away on [24 Jan 2020]. Dr Salama contributed to polio eradication at WHO through his work as executive director of the Health Emergencies Programme and most recently as executive director of the Division of Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Botulism – Canada: (NB) bottled clams, risk, recall
Botulism -- CanadaThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for bottled clams sold from Cielo Glamping Maritime in New Brunswick.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for bottled clams sold at a campsite in New Brunswick over fears that they permit the growth of dangerous bacteria. The clams, sold at Cielo Glamping Maritime on the Acadien Peninsula, were sold in 500 ml and 1 L containers with no labels.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the clams may permit Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Hepatitis A – USA (02): CDC
Hepatitis A -- United StatesState / Case / Total hospitalizations n (%) / Deaths / Start date / Current through / Av. weekly cases since last postTotal / 30 696 / 18 724 (61) / 307 / -- / 1 Feb 2020 / 223 States with an ongoing outbreak Alabama / 229 / 135 (59) / NR / 1 Sep 2018 / 2 Jan 2020 / 7 Arizona / 599 / 485 (81) / 8 / 1 Nov 2018 / 30 Jan 2020 / 0 Arkansas / 464 / 245 (53) / 3 / 7 Feb 2018 / 31 Jan 2020 / 4 Colorado / 347 / 248 (71) / 2 / 1 Oct 2018 / 29 Jan 2020 / 6Florida / 3956 / 2758 (71) Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Stripe rust & karnal bunt, wheat – India: (HR)
Other Plant Disease -- IndiaStripe rust (also called yellow rust) of cereals is caused by the fungus _Puccinia striiformis_. The disease affects wheat (_Triticum aestivum_), durum wheat (_T. turgidum_), some barley varieties, triticale (wheat/rye hybrids) and a number of wild grasses. It causes yellow stripes on leaves, which leads to loss of photosynthetic ability and plant vigour as well as stunting of plants. Yield losses of 40-100 per cent have been reported in wheat.Spores are wind dispersed Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Nipah virus – Bangladesh (02)
Nipah/Hendra Virus -- BangladeshIn a follow-up on recent stories on Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has reported on their website, 6 Nipah virus infections, including 4 deaths in 2020.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the Bangladesh and India outbreaks, consumption of fruits or fruit products (such as raw date palm juice) contaminated with urine or saliva from infected fruit bats was the most likely source Read more [...]
PRO/AH> African swine fever – Asia (01): Philippines (DC) spread
African Swine Fever -- PhilippinesThe Department of Agriculture (DA) in Southern Mindanao confirmed that the deadly African swine fever virus [ASFV] which reached the town of Don Marcelino in Davao Occidental, has spread to nearby Malita town, also in Davao Occidental. Ricardo Onate, the Regional Field Office 11 director of the DA, said in a statement issued by its regional office that a composite team of veterinarians also reported ASF incidence in the barangays of Malita - Bito, Kidalapong, Tubalan, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kenya (02): (BO) human, bovine, more details
Anthrax -- Kenya"The victims who slaughtered the carcass and buried it, have developed blisters on various parts of their bodies as a result. So far, there is no report of anyone having feasted on the carcass," said Mr Stanley Mutai, a county disaster management officer.Dr Wilson Serem, the director of veterinary at the Bomet County government, said samples of the carcass had been extracted and taken for laboratory tests. "The specimen has been taken to Regional Veterinary Investigations Laboratory Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Zimbabwe (09): cattle, human, status countrywide
Anthrax -- ZimbabweThe Department of Veterinary Services says it has contained the anthrax outbreak that was threatening the country's national cattle herd.The outbreak, which was reported over a month ago, killed 177 cattle. Cases of the disease have been recorded in Bikita, Zvimba, Mahusekwa, Makonde and Marondera, among other areas nationwide. The department's chief director, Josephat Nyika, told the Daly News that the vaccination drive had paid off as no reports of further outbreaks had been Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Americas (03): Brazil, monkey, alert
Yellow Fever -- Brazil[edited]Monkey deaths due to yellow fever (YF) in Parana state have increased to 46 from 40 the previous week. According to a report issued by the state secretary of health, no case has been confirmed in humans so far, although 16 suspected cases are being investigated.Five of the new confirmed monkey cases were from Lapa, in the metropolitan region of Curitiba. This municipality had no previous record of dead monkeys due to YF. Another monkey death due to YF was in Antonio Read more [...]
PRO/ALL> New in IJID (02): February 2020
Coronavirus, Polio, Meningitis, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Dengue, Other Human Disease, Typhus, Hepatitis B, Chikungunya, Zika virus, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, Yellow Fever, West Nile Virus, Cytomegalovirus, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Chagas, Avian Influenza, Legionnaires', Whooping Cough, Hepatitis E, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Hepatitis C -- ChinaThe continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health: the latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China.David S Hui, Esam I Azhar, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (31): China, Global,
Coronavirus -- ChinaAt 04:00 on [2 Feb 2020], 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2829 newly diagnosed cases (2103 cases in Hubei Province) and 186 new severe cases (139 cases in Hubei Province). There were 57 more deaths (56 in Hubei Province and 1 in Chongqing City), 147 newly cured cases (80 in Hubei Province), and 5173 new suspected cases (3260 Hubei Province).As of 24:00 on [ 2 Feb 2020], the National Health and Health Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV (06): Saudi Arabia (RI,JF,AS) secondary transmission, UAE (AZ) WHO
MERS -- Saudi ArabiaOn [9 and 13 Jan 2020], the National IHR Focal Point of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported an additional 2 laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to WHO.Information on newly reported cases:MERS-CoV cases reported on [9 and 13 Jan 2020]* Please note, data correspond to Disease Outbreak News as published on [31 Jan 2020].Case no: Date of reporting to WHO / Reporting country / Region of residence / Age / Sex / Health care worker Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kenya: (BO) human, bovine
Anthrax -- KenyaFear has gripped a village in Bomet County after 18 villagers were rushed to hospital after a suspected anthrax outbreak.Four of the victims from Kapkures village in Emitiot Sub-Location, Sotik Sub-County, were on Sunday [2 Feb 2020] morning rushed to Kapkatet Sub-County Hospital in the neighbouring Kericho County where they were treated."The villagers were brought to the hospital in the morning and are currently undergoing treatment and observation," said a doctor at the Kapkatet Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Novel coronavirus (30): updates, China, Viet Nam, research
Coronavirus -- Worldwide/UnknownGlobally 14 557 confirmed (2604 new)China 14 411 confirmed (2590 new) 2110 severe (315 new) 304 deaths (45 new)Outside of China 146 confirmed (14 new) 23 countries 1 deathWHO Risk Assessment----------------------------China Very HighRegional Level HighGlobal Level High- No new countries have reported cases of 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease in the last 24 hours.WHO is receiving information about cases from a number of countries. As additional details become known, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (19): China (HN) poultry, HPAI H5N1
Avian Influenza H5N1 -- China.A city in China's central Hunan province reported that it had culled almost 18 000 chickens after an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in statement on its website Saturday [1 Feb 2020].The statement didn't say when the outbreak occurred, or when the cull happened. Hunan is next to Hubei, the epicenter of the separate coronavirus outbreak.The avian influenza, found in a farm in Shaoyang City, killed 4500 chickens, more than Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (29): updates, China, Philippines, USA, Canada, Spain
Coronavirus -- Worldwide/UnknownProf Joseph T Wu, PhD, Kathy Leung, PhD, Prof Gabriel M Leung, MD. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study.SummaryBackgroundSince 31 Dec 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan has reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Cases have been exported to other Chinese cities, as well as internationally, threatening to trigger Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yezo virus – Japan: (HK) new virus, research
Tick-borne disease -- Japan--------------- Tamdy orthonairovirus---------------------- Huangpi Tick Virus 1------------------------- Tamdy virus-------------------------- Tacheng Tick Virus 1---------------------------- Wenzhou Tick Virus------------------------------- Burana virusConsiderationViral febrile illness was strongly suspected from the patient's condition. The possibility of acute febrile illness caused by YEZV is extremely high because the YEZV gene is no longer detected with recovery Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (28): China (HU) animal reservoir
Coronavirus -- ChinaRecently, some medical institutions found that many of the pneumonia cases received were related to South China Seafood City. After receiving the report, the Municipal Health and Health Commission immediately launched a case search and retrospective investigation related to South China Seafood City in the city's medical health institutions; 27 cases have been found, of which 7 are in serious condition, and the remaining cases are stable and controllable. Two patients are expected Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (27): updates, Africa
Coronavirus -- ChinaFour more African countries have quarantined passengers arriving from China over suspected cases of Wuhan coronavirus even as tests ruled out infection in a person who was under medical observation in Ivory Coast.In Sudan, health minister Akram Ali Altoum announced that 2 of its citizens were being examined after displaying symptoms following a visit to Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak. "We received 2 suspected cases who came from China through Cairo and Addis Ababa," Altoum Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Malaria, P. knowlesi – Thailand: (RY) Little Koh Chang Island
Malaria — Thailand
PRO/AH/EDR> Guinea worm: global eradication effort update 2019
Guinea Worm -- Worldwide/UnknownA provisional total of 53 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported in 2019, The Carter Center announced Wednesday [29 Jan 2020].Intensified surveillance and reporting incentives in endemic areas in recent years have produced expected fluctuations in the small number of Guinea worm cases. When The Carter Center assumed leadership of the program in 1986, about 3.5 million human cases occurred annually in 21 countries in Africa and Asia.The campaign against the disease, Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Novel coronavirus (25): updates, China, Italy, Russia, UK
Coronavirus -- ChinaGlobally: 9826 confirmedChina: 9720 confirmed, 15 238 suspected, 1527 severe, 213 deathsOutside of China:106 confirmed, 19 countriesWHO risk assessment-----------------China: very high Regional level: highGlobal level: highThe situation report includes information reported to WHO Geneva by 10 AM CETHighlights-------The Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) was reconvened on 30 Jan [2020]. WHO Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Foot & mouth disease – Russia: (ZB) cattle, st O, OIE
Foot and Mouth -- RussiaInformation received on [and dated] 30 Jan 2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, deputy head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscow, RussiaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 27 Jan 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 29 Jan 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 24 Apr 2019Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: foot-and-mouth Read more [...]
PRO/EDR> Novel coronavirus (24): updates, China, PHEIC, India, economy, research
Coronavirus -- ChinaMembers and advisors of the Emergency Committee were convened by teleconference. The director-general welcomed the Committee and thanked them for their support. He turned the meeting over to the chair, Professor Didier Houssin. Professor Houssin also welcomed the Committee and gave the floor to the secretariat. A representative of the department of compliance, risk management, and ethics briefed the Committee members on their roles and responsibilities. Committee members were Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed illness – Nigeria (BN)
Undiagnosed -- NigeriaAn unknown illness has reportedly claimed the lives of 4 persons in the rural community of Oye-Obi in Obi local government area of Benue state. The president-elect, Igede National Youths Council, Andyson Iji Egbodo, who raised the alarm on Wednesday night [29 Jan 2020] on behalf of the villagers, told our correspondent by telephone that 15 more people with the same symptoms are already hospitalised in the affected community."The sickness has so far killed 4 persons in 2 weeks. Read more [...]
PRO/PL> Citrus viruses – Mediterranean region: alert
Other Plant Disease -- Turkey"Two serious viral diseases are affecting Turkey's citrus cultivation and threatening all the Mediterranean countries." This was reported by Antonino Catara, former president of the International Organisation of Citrus Virologists. "One of the 2 diseases is Citrus Chlorotic Dwarf, CCD, which mainly affects lemon and grapefruit plants. The disease, whose presence is currently reported only in Turkey, [affects] more than 60% of the plants in some provinces. The other disease Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever – West Africa (08): Nigeria (ON)
Lassa Fever -- NigeriaAn epidemiologist in Ondo state, Dr. Stephen Fagbemi, on Wednesday [29 Jan 2020] said the death toll from Lassa fever has risen to 20. The casualty figure was also corroborated by the state commissioner for health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro.A total of 112 confirmed cases were said to have been recorded in the state so far just as 5 local government areas [LGAs] of the state were said to have been hit by the disease.The affected council areas include Akoko South West, Ose, Owo, Akure Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Africa (04): Kenya vaccine shortage
Yellow Fever -- KenyaA shortage of yellow fever vaccine at City Hall since October [2019] has disrupted plans of many Kenyans seeking to travel abroad.A spot check by the Business Daily since [Mon 27 Jan 2020] showed that dozens of Kenyans were being turned away and forced to pay more to get the jab at airports.A nurse at the Nairobi County's inoculation centre, who sought anonymity, said the last time City Hall had supplies for the vaccine was in late October [2019], adding that they had not received Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (23): updates, China, UAE, Finland, ECDC, research
Coronavirus -- China840 new cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection were added in Hubei Province (315 in Wuhan, 33 in Huangshi, 23 in Shiyan, and new [sic?] in Xiangyang). 61 new cases, 12 new cases in Yichang, 30 new cases in Jingzhou, 28 new cases in Jingmen, 27 new cases in Ezhou, 101 new cases in Xiaogan City, 111 new cases in Huanggang City, 21 new cases in Xianning City (46 cases in Suizhou City, 13 cases in Enshi Prefecture, 5 cases in Xiantao City, 11 cases in Tianmen City, Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Novel coronavirus (22): reservoir suggested, bats
Coronavirus -- ChinaIf previous outbreaks of coronavirus are any indication, the Wuhan strain that is now spreading may eventually be traced back to bats.Dr Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, who has been working in China for 15 years studying diseases that jump from animals to people, said, "We don't know the source yet, but there's pretty strong evidence that this is a bat origin coronavirus." He said, "It's probably going to be the Chinese horseshoe bat," a common species that weighs Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax, HIV – Indonesia: (WJ) contaminated medical waste
HIV/AIDS, Anthrax -- IndonesiaThe case in 2017 was handled by several government agencies, including the ministry of environment and forestry which visited the dump site for investigations. Mr Yazid Nurhuda, director of criminal enforcement of the ministry of environment and forestry, told CNA that the medical waste was dumped illegally. "It is a criminal offense as regulated in the law number 32 of 2009," he noted.Mr Anton Sardjanto, the deputy director for environmental pollution investigation Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> African swine fever – Europe (05): Moldova (UG,LE) wild boar, domestic, spread, OIE
African Swine Fever -- MoldovaInformation received on [and dated] 28 Jan 2020 from Dr Vitalie Caraus, head of the Animal Health and Welfare Department, Animal Health and Welfare Department, National Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, MoldovaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 24 Jan 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 27 Jan 2020Reason for notification: 1st occurrence of a listed diseaseManifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (05): Congo DR (NK,IT) cases, summaries, WHO
Ebola -- DR Congo- As of 22 Jan 2020, 7611 people have been vaccinated with the 2nd vaccine Ad26.ZEBOV/MVA-BN-Filo (Johnson & Johnson) in the 2 health areas in Karisimbi and Goma.- Since the start of vaccination on 8 Aug 2018, 276 520 people have been vaccinated with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine.Monitoring at entry points--------------------------- Since the start of the epidemic, the cumulative number of travelers checked (temperature measurement) at the sanitary control points is 143 772 Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (17): India (OR) poultry, HPAI H5N1
Avian Influenza H5N1 -- IndiaAuthorities in an eastern Indian state will start culling chickens and destroying eggs from Tuesday [28 Jan 2020] to contain a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, a government statement said on Monday [27 Jan 2020].The samples collected from a poultry breeding and research farm of a veterinary college in Odisha state tested positive, the statement said.India has seen nearly half a dozen outbreaks of bird flu in poultry in the past 2 decades, all of which were brought under Read more [...]
PRO/AH/EDR> Chikungunya: Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe
Chikungunya — Worldwide/Unknown
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Zimbabwe (08): (MV) cattle, human, additional cases
Anthrax -- ZimbabweMore than 30 000 cattle have been vaccinated against anthrax in Bikita and Gutu districts in Masvingo Province following the outbreak of the disease recently, an official has said. This comes in the wake of reports that more people continued to be diagnosed with anthrax as the districts have recorded more than 70 patients while 50 cattle have also died as of [Fri 24 Jan 2020].In an interview, the Department of Veterinary Services provincial officer, Dr. Ernest Dzimwasha, said his Read more [...]
