Covid-19
The countries with the 10 greatest number of Covid-19 cases:
Syphilis – Japan
For the fourth year in a row, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo (NIID) has reported more than 5,000 syphilis cases in the country. In 2020, 5,784 syphilis cases were reported in Japan with 1,550 reported in Tokyo and 889 in Osaka.
Monkeypox – DR Congo
The number of monkeypox cases, confirmed and suspected, reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was nearly a 1,000 case increase compared to 2019. In 2019, DRC reported 5,288 suspected monkeypox cases, a high number indeed; however, this number was eclipsed in 2020 where a total of 6,257 suspected and confirmed cases were reported.
Kenya – Rift Valley Fever
Health officials in Isiolo County in central Kenya were alerted in November 2020 to a number of herders who died who presented a number of symptoms to include fever, headache, nosebleeds and vomiting blood, among others. The Rift Valley fever (RVF) virus was confirmed in mid-December 2020. As of 22 January 2021, there were four confirmed cases, 17 suspected cases and nine deaths (case fatality ratio 43.0%). All those affected were male, herders, and aged between 13 and 70 years.
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