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Wuhan virus: Chinese doctor investigating outbreak says he was infected, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
BEIJING (REUTERS) – A Chinese physician who was investigating the outbreak of a mysterious new virus in central China says he has himself been infected.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Wuhan coronavirus has entered transmission stage among families and hospitals, taking it a step closer to full-blown community epidemic, Hong Kong expert warns | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong University’s Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, a top infectious diseases expert, says the transmission of the coronavirus has entered its ‘third wave’.
— Read on www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3047022/wuhan-coronavirus-20-other-cities-china-affected
First Wuhan Coronavirus Patient Identified in the United States – The New York Times
A person in Washington State is infected with a new respiratory virus. The outbreak began at a market in China and now has spread to at least four other countries.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/health/cdc-coronavirus.html
Avian Flu Diary: Wuhan Health Commission Adds 17 New Coronavirus Cases (ttl=62)
Wuhan – Credit Wikipedia #14,677 For the second day running the Wuhan Health Commission has increased the number of confirmed cor…
Source: Avian Flu Diary: Wuhan Health Commission Adds 17 New Coronavirus Cases (ttl=62)
W.H.O. Warns That Pipeline for New Antibiotics Is Running Dry – The New York Times
In two new reports, the global health agency says only government intervention can fix the broken market for new antimicrobial drugs.
WHO says new China coronavirus could spread, warns hospitals worldwide – Reuters
There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-who/who-says-new-china-coronavirus-could-spread-warns-hospitals-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZD16J
WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-health-measles-who/who-decries-collective-failure-as-measles-kills-140000-idUSKBN1Y92CM
European regulators consider 2nd Ebola vaccine | CIDRAP
Most of the cases over the past 3 weeks are from four health zones, and the majority of those are from the Biakato Mines area in Ituri province’s Mandima health zone. The rest are linked to known transmission chains in Binase, Katwa and Lwemba health areas. Lwemba is where a violent attack recently occurred that killed an Ebola response community health workers and severely injured his wife. The WHO warned that spread to earlier affected or still unaffected neighboring areas is possible and expected and should be closely monitored. It added that about half of the people infected in the last 21 days were diagnosed outside of the health zone where they were exposed, mostly people traveling to or from Mandima health zone.
Source: European regulators consider 2nd Ebola vaccine | CIDRAP
Disneyland Visitor With Measles May Have Exposed Hundreds to Infection – The New York Times
Before measles vaccines became widely administered in 1963, about three million to four million Americans a year contracted the disease, and about 400 to 500 died from it.
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