Disease

Ebola - DR Congo

Over the weekend and through today, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) ministry of health recorded 41 more cases of the deadly disease, including another case detected in a vaccinated health worker.

According to the latest updates to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Ebola dashboard, the DRC will likely confirm 13 more cases of the viral disease today, raising outbreak totals to 2,338 cases. As of yesterday, 1,563 people had died in the outbreak, and 309 suspected cases are under investigation.

Schistosomiasis - Myanmar

Myanmar continues to see high numbers of schistosomiasis infections. Since the beginning of the year, more than 200 people were found to be confirmed infected by the parasitic disease, mostly children.

Japanese Encephalitis

In the state of Assam in northeastern India, the Japanese encephalitis (JE) situation has got to the point that the Union minister of health and family welfare (MoHFW) sent a team to the state to review the situation. As of Monday, at least 22 people have died, while 59 positive cases of JE have been confirmed.