Health & Safety

Belgium records 1,192 bluetongue cases

BRUSSELS: Belgium has reported over 1,192 cases of bluetongue virus affecting livestock.

The Belgian Health Authority indicated that the bluetongue virus is spreading rapidly across the country, with cases rising from 874 last week to 1,192 this week…

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11 mpox cases reported this year in Korea

SEOUL: Eleven mpox cases have been reported so far this year in the Republic of Korea, but all detected cases were the less deadly Clade II variant, health authorities said Monday.

Yonhap News Agency quoted the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Ag…

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WHO warns of new wave of cholera epidemic in Sudan

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the consequences of a new wave of cholera outbreaks in Sudan due to factors such as floods, water pollution, and poor hygiene and sanitation in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and loca…

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Ivory Coast reports 28 Mpox cases, one fatality

ALGIERS, Deputy Director of the National Public Health Institute of Ivory Coast Dr. Daouda Koulibaly said that 28 infections with Mpox (monkeypox) had been confirmed across the country until yesterday, including one fatality.

The first infection cas…

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Bluetongue virus cases continue to rise in Belgium

BRUSSELS: The bluetongue virus has now been detected in 874 locations in Belgium, according to figures published on Tuesday by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).

This is a sharp increase compared to last Monday, when 501 out…

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