Health emergency
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Delta State Government has confirmed the outbreak of cholera at Ikpide-Irri community, Isoko South Local Government Area of the State. However, no death has been recorded. Dr. Joseph Onojaeme, the State Commissioner for Health, explained that the situation was under control. Onojaeme further explained that the death of two people in Ikpide-Irri was not related…
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With the number of mpox cases surging, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, while addressing a special online media briefing on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa, made…
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“The Holy Father is well, he is awake, alert, and has already joked with me!” Doctor Sergio Alfieri, the surgeon who operated on Pope Francis at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, told journalists the operation went ahead without complications and the Pope is expected to make a full recovery within the usual timeframe for…
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Shanghai’s education bureau has told schools to hold classes online from Monday as rising numbers of Covid infections hit cities across China. On Saturday the bureau also instructed kindergartens and childcare centres in the city to shut all in-person classes, according to an online statement. Cases have been increasing since China abandoned some of the world’s…
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After the first known case of monkeypox was reported on mainland China last week, a senior Chinese health official advised the public to avoid physical contact with foreigners. He also asked the Chinese to refrain from “skin-to-skin contact” with people who have been abroad within the past three weeks, as well as all “strangers.” “To…
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A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “While not welcome news, this is an event we anticipated. We kept response teams in Beni and other high risk areas for precisely this reason,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. As…
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The coronavirus outbreak that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 56 people in China and infected more than 2,000 globally, most of them in China. The virus has caused alarm because it is still too early to know how dangerous it is and how easily it spreads between people. And because…
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