NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Jamaica, Director of Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams announced today that all Type Three to Five health centres islandwide would extend their hours to 8 pm starting Monday, October 2. A dengue outbreak was declared in Jamaica on […] The post Jamaica: Certain health centers extend hours in response to dengue outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Costa Rican health ministry carried out field interventions this past weekend to contain the malaria outbreak in the Bahía Ballena district in Osa, after the detection of eight cases of malaria. These cases involve four women and four men, of which seven are hospitalized in stable condition and already have the respective medical […] The post Costa Rica: Health ministry monitors malaria cases in the southwest appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health & Wellness has declared an outbreak of Dengue for Jamaica. The outbreak comes as the Ministry’s National Surveillance Unit advised that Jamaica has surpassed the Dengue epidemic threshold for July and August and is on a trajectory to do the same for the month of September. This means, the country […] The post Dengue outbreak declared in Jamaica appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the latest report from the Paraguay Ministry of Health, it shows that in the last three weeks 118 cases of dengue have been reported in the country. 90% of the cases come from five regions: Central (31), Pdte. Hayes (24), Concepción (22), Asunción (20) and Itapúa (9). A slight increase in notifications is verified […] The post Paraguay reports an increase in dengue in eight health regions, Chikungunya continues decline appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Blumenau City Hall, through the Health Promotion Secretariat (Semus), publishes the Dengue Bulletin for September. The city records 138 new outbreaks and 65 cases of the disease. To combat Aedes Aegypti, endemic agents continue to inspect homes, warehouses, vacant lots and commercial establishments to look for mosquito outbreaks. The accumulated total since the first week of […] The post Brazil: More than 2,000 dengue cases in the city of Blumenau this year appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service (Senasa)  confirmed new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 detected in marine mammals in Comodoro Rivadavia, Rada Tilly and Punta Tombo, Chubut. The agency’s National Laboratory diagnosed new samples positive for the disease, which were taken from sea lions and elephant seals found dead in the aforementioned places. Based on notification, […] The post Argentina: H5 avian influenza detected for the first time in elephant seals appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Guatemala government declared a national emergency on Thursday due to a dengue outbreak in the country this year. Health Minister Francisco Coma said, “We have made the decision to declare a national health emergency due to the dengue situation.” According to data from the Ministry of Health, between January and August there have […] The post Guatemala declares national emergency due to dengue, Cases up 152 percent this year appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health issued a health alert due to the large increase in dengue cases. At epidemiological week 34, which covers from August 20 to 26, 8,261 cases of dengue are reported, which means an increase of almost double the number of cases reported last year on the same date. It went from 4,780 […] The post Costa Rica: Health alert issued due to increase in dengue cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Public Health reported that it continues to carry out interventions in the zones and areas where there have been an increase in dengue cases, which include timely fumigations and operations to destroy and eliminate Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites. The reports of the last 4 weeks show that the provinces or […] The post Dominican Republic reports increase in dengue appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the whooping cough, or pertussis outbreak in Bolivia, the mobilization of medical brigades in Santa Cruz, commissioned by President Luis Arce, to control cases of whooping cough, is giving positive results as it shows a trend of decreasing suspected cases, according to Minister of Health and Sports, Maria Renée Castro. […] The post Bolivia: Decreasing trend in whooping cough cases seen after medical brigades mobilization in Santa Cruz appeared first on Outbreak News Today ..read more