Disease

Covid-19

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

Leishmaniasis - Paraguay

So far in 2023, 13 confirmed cases have been recorded, nine of the visceral type and four integumentary. The people affected come from seven departments across the country.

Avian Flu - Argentina, Uruguay - First Cases

Uruguay officials report the country’s first highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5) virus case in a black-necked swan in Laguna Garzón, between the departments of Maldonado and Rocha.

Argentina reported the first detection in the country of avian influenza (AI) H5 in wild birds in the Pozuelos lagoon, northwest of the province of Jujuy, near the border with Bolivia.