Disease

Covid-19

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

Monkeypox

Finland – The Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reports a suspected monkeypox case in the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS). An infection caused by a virus belonging to the orthopox group has been diagnosed in an adult male patient. Monkey and smallpox viruses are orthopoxviruses.

Canada – In a follow-up on the monkeypox situation in Quebec, Canada, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) reports 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox as of May 23.

UAE – The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced the first case of monkeypox in the UAE. The ministry explained that this first case was detected in a 29-year-old woman who arrived from West Africa.

Ebola – DR Congo

The World Health Organization African Region reported today about a fifth Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in the Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). According to the report, there are now 5 cases (4 confirmed, 1 probable) and all were fatal cases. Two health zones are affected (Mbandaka & Wangata).

Acure Diarrhoea – Peru

The National Center for Epidemiology, Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) provides recommendations to prevent acute diarrheal diseases, also known as ADD, after reporting 277,218 episodes of this disease and 9 deaths. CDC Peru explained that EDAs are caused by microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria or parasites, which, for the most part, are transmitted by water or food with fecal contamination. Likewise, the entity specified that infection by acute diarrheal diseases is more common when there is a shortage of clean water for drinking, cooking or washing.

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