Virus outbreak

  • Cholera: WHO announces over 1,900 deaths, 195,000 cases

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a cumulative death of 194, 897 deaths and 1,932 cases globally as a result of a cholera outbreak. A statement by the health organisation’s Eastern Mediterranean Region said the outbreaks were recorded from the 1st of  January, 2024 to the 26th of  May, 2024. The cases were reported…

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  • COVID-19: US death toll reaches 350,000

    The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over Christmas and New Year’s. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. passed the threshold early Sunday morning. More than 20 million people in the country have been…

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  • Coronavirus: Quarantined Russian woman escapes through hospital window

    A Russian woman who escaped her coronavirus quarantine by climbing out of a hospital window has defended her decision, saying conditions in the facility were insanitary and she was only detained because of a bureaucratic error. The mother-of-two, from the central city of Samara, posted to Instagram to explain her actions after receiving public criticism.…

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  • UK government considers coronavirus a pandemic, says people will be detained

    Britain has declared the new coronavirus that emerged from China a “serious and imminent threat to public health” and announced new measures Monday to combat the spread of the disease. The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care said people with the virus can now be forcibly quarantined and will not be free to leave.…

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