WHO Updates
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Yellow fever – French Guiana, France
On 23 July 2020, the France IHR National Focal Point reported a confirmed autochthonous (locally acquired) case of yellow fever…
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Plague – Democratic Republic of the Congo
The health zone of Rethy in Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has seen an upsurge of plague…
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Influenza A(H1N2) variant virus – Brazil
On 22 June 2020, the International Health Regualtions (IHR) Focal Point (FP) of Brazil shared a preliminary report with the…
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Yellow fever – Gabon
On 15 April 2020, WHO received information regarding a confirmed case of yellow fever in Magandi village, Tchibanga city in…
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Yellow fever – Togo
On 20 April 2020, WHO received information regarding a confirmed yellow fever case in Galangashie health area, located 30 km…
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Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) – Ethiopia
Between 2 and 8 April 2020, six suspected human cases of dracunculiasis in Duli village, Gog district, Gambella region, Ethiopia,…
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Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo
From 29 April to 5 May 2020, no new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported from North…
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Measles – Burundi
Burundi has been experiencing an increase in the number of confirmed cases of measles since November 2019. This outbreak initially…
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
From 1 through 31 March 2020, the National IHR Focal Point of Saudi Arabia reported 15 additional cases of MERS-CoV…
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Measles – Mexico
Mexico is experiencing a measles outbreak. Between 1 January and 2 April 2020, 1,364 probable1cases of measles were reported, of…
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