Disease

Syphilis - Japan

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reports 4,086 syphilis cases through April 19. Tokyo has reported the most cases with 1,072, followed by Osaka with 516 cases and Hokkaido with 269. Japan reported more than 5,000 syphilis cases three years straight and two consecutive years with more than 6,000 cases.

Monkeypox - Japan

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo reports that the total monkeypox, or mpox cases in the country has topped 100, reporting 102 cases through April 19. The latest case, not included in the national total above, was reported in Kanagawa Prefecture on April 21, the second case for the prefecture.

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever _ Senegal

The Ministry of Health of Senegal has reported a confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever on 21 April 2023 in a 35-year-old male patient. The patient died.