Disease

Covid-19

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

Visceral Leishmaniasis – Kenya

Health officials in Tharaka Nithi County in central Kenya are reporting an outbreak of kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Over the last few months, 33 cases and 5 deaths have been reported, prompting officials to issue an alert over the vector-borne disease.

Lassa fever – Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 403 confirmed Lassa fever cases in 2021 through October 31. This includes two confirmed cases reported the last week of October. Of the 400+ confirmed cases, 79 resulted in death accounting for a fatality rate of 19.6 per cent.

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