A severe outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus is rapidly spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, with over three hundred and twenty confirmed cases and numerous fatalities reported. The Congolese government is actively delivering vital medical supplies to affected regions while protecting healthcare workers. In response to the …
File photo: World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Picture credit: AP) World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged stronger international support to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), warning that delays in response and mistrust within communities are hampering efforts to control the virus.Tedros made the …
Uganda has detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to seven, its health ministry said on Monday, Reuters reported.According to the ministry’s statement, the two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital Kampala and both are …
Australian citizens who were on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak returned home on Friday and will isolate for at least three weeks at a quarantine facility. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and one resident of New Zealand landed at an Australian air force base near Perth in Western …
A new suspected case of hantavirus has been identified in a British man who was a passenger on the virus-hit luxury cruise shipMV Hondius and is now on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, health authorities saidon Friday. The UK Health Security Agency did not disclose further details of the new suspected …
When Turkish travel vlogger Ruhi Cenet boarded the MV Hondius in Argentina on April 1, he expected a dream expedition across the South Atlantic, not a deadly hantavirus outbreak that would leave three passengers dead, others infected and the ship under quarantine. The 35-year-old YouTuber was among the nearly 150 passengers aboard the Hondius. He …
A luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus was preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe on Wednesday after the Spanish government gave permission for it to dock in the Canary Islands. The Spanish Health Ministry said it had been asked by the World Health Organisation and …
Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been confirmed, and five more are suspectedamong people who were on a luxury cruise ship now held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organization said in its most detailed update on the outbreak. Around 150 people are still stuck on the Hondius that was carrying …
Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory illness, authorities and media reports said on Sunday. Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a news release it was “managing a serious medical situation” on a polar …
Dubai Humanitarian airlifts 96 tonnes of medical aid to Afghanistan under UAE humanitarian efforts / Image: file Dubai has reinforced its role as a global humanitarian hub; Dubai Humanitarian facilitated the airlift of 96 metric tonnes of critical medical supplies to Afghanistan.The shipment departed from Al Maktoum International Airport and arrived in Kabul as part …