Écrit par WHO | 26 Juin 2014

Brazzaville 25 June 2014 - As the number of deaths and cases of Ebola virus continues to rise in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization is warning that drastic action is needed.

The World Health Organization has so far provided technical assistance through the deployment of over 150 multidisciplinary team of experts involved in a range of outbreak response activities...

Écrit par WHO | 26 Juin 2014

Geneva- The emergence of an Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa in 2014 has become a challenge to the three countries involved, as the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone work intensively with WHO and other partners to ramp up a series of measures to control the outbreak. Since March 2014, more than 600 cases of Ebola and over 390 deaths have been reported in Guinea...

Écrit par WHO | 26 Juin 2014

On 19, 20, 22 and 23 June 2014, National IHR Focal Point of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 4 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). 





Details of the cases are as follow:

A 38 year old woman from Riyadh city, Riyadh Region. The patient was admitted to a hospital for another illness on 20 April.  She developed...

Écrit par WHO | 26 Juin 2014

Please be informed that a Disease Outbreak News (DON) update on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been published on the web:


http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_06_25_mers/en/Disease outbreak news

25 June 2014

On 17 June 2014, the National IHR Focal Point of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 2 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East...