Disease

Ebola - Uganda

Uganda’s Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus (SVD) on September 20 after a case was confirmed in Mubende district. This is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda reported an outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus. According to officials, it’s been 23 days since the last confirmed case was reported in Kassanda District. To date, 142 confirmed SVD cases with 55 confirmed deaths including 12 children and 7 health workers, as well as 87 recoveries, have been reported.

Dengue Fever - Vietnam

Currently, the weather in Hanoi has turned to the cold season with the temperature not favorable for the development of mosquitoes that transmit the disease. The number of dengue cases continued to decrease compared to the previous week but remained high. Last week, Hanoi recorded 1,165 cases of dengue fever, 2 deaths.

Syphilis - Japan

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)have reported 12,192 syphilis cases through December 14 this year, the highest number of the sexually transmitted infection since records have been kept.