Zimbabwe bans large gatherings as threat of cholera outbreak grows
Cases are rising in many parts of the country and critics are blaming chronic water shortages and poor sanitation systems The Zimbabwean government has banned...
Category : Infectious diseases
Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned
World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate change African leaders have warned that the world is...
Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
Hundreds of families mourn in Peru as children fall victim to dengue outbreak
Death toll mounts in northern Piura region after torrential rain and floods lead to worst ever epidemic In a stream of white, mourners walked behind...
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-west Tanzania has announced its first outbreak of the...
Bird flu: 11-year-old girl in Cambodia dies after being infected
Case is the country’s first known human infection with H5N1 strain since 2014, health minister says An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died after being...
Labor flags wastewater tests on inbound planes as mandatory Covid checks for China arrivals resumes
Health minister defends country-specific testing as necessary due to ‘absence of comprehensive information’ on Covid’s spread in China Follow our Australia news live blog for...
China’s President Xi battles to save face as Covid U-turn weakens his grip on power
Despite public bullishness, overflowing hospitals across the country suggest its leader may have made a huge miscalculation China’s leader Xi Jinping told his country it...
US to require arrivals from China to provide negative Covid test
Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in cases The US has announced all travellers...
Economists hail end to zero Covid in China but huge human toll is feared
Low rate of vaccination of elderly and a lack of natural immunity mean country may be in for a bumpy ride Beijing’s abrupt dismantling of...
