Écrit par WHO | 31 Mai 2014

On 15 May 2014, the Ministry of Health of South Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in Juba. The index case was retrospectively identified with onset of illness on 23 April 2014. Four cases have been laboratory confirmed following tests conducted by the African Medical Research Foundation laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya.

As of 25 May 2014, a cumulative total of 586 cholera cases, including...

Écrit par WHO | 29 Mai 2014

Guinea

From 23 May 2014 to 27May 2014, four (4) new districts reported 14 new EVD clinical cases and 5deaths as follows: Boffa (5 cases and 1 death), Télimélé (7 cases and 4deaths), Boke (1 case and 0 death) and Dubreka (1 case and 1 death). Communityand nosocomial transmission are still occurring in Guéckédou, Macenta andConakry.

As at 18:00, 27 May 2014, the total cumulative number...

Écrit par WHO | 29 Mai 2014

28 May 2014 - On 26 May 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of 3 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.
Details of the cases are as follows: A 40 year-old male from Anqing City, Anhui Province. He had onset of symptoms on 9 May, was admitted to a hospital on 17 May, and is currently in...

Écrit par WHO | 29 Mai 2014

28 May 2014 - On 25 May 2014, the National IHR Focal Point of Jordan reported to WHO an additional Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case in Amman, Jordan.

The case is a 69 year-old male Jordanian citizen and resident of Amman governorate. The patient was admitted to hospital on 29 April 2014 for a surgical procedure. He was discharged on 3 May 2014. On 8 May, the...