Disease

COVID-19

The countries with the 10 greatest number of Covid-19 cases:

Tuberculosis – India

India has the highest TB burden in the world and India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently released the India TB report 2020 that showed over 24.04 lakh patients (2.4 million) were notified in 2019, an increase of 14 per cent over the previous year. In addition, the report stated that 79,144 deaths were reported.

Ebola – DR Congo

After some 23 months and nearly 2300 deaths, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health announced the 10th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the country is now over. The outbreak was declared on August 1, 2018. The world’s second largest EVD outbreak, after the West Africa 2014-2016 outbreak, resulted in a total of 3,470 reported cases, including 2.287 reported deaths (overall case fatality ratio 66%). 3 provinces were affected: North and South Kivu and Ituri.

Foot and Mouth Disease – Rwanda

Rwandan ministry of Agriculture and Animal resources on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in several parts of Eastern Province, urging owners of livestock to take preventive measures.The most affected  districts are Gatsibo, Kayonza and Kirehe where movement of any cattle  from the breakdown herd is prohibited with immediate effect, the  ministry said. Cattle from herds restricted for disease reasons only may go directly to an abattoir, it said.

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