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Subject: Deadly Ebola outbreak spreads in West Africa

mok214 22.01.20 - 08:06pm
The World Health Organization is holding an emergency session to decide whether or not an outbreak of pneumonia likely caused by a new strain of coronavirus in China will constitute a global emergency.

The meeting started at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday. More than 20 experts and officials are attending the meeting, including delegates from China, Japan and the United States.

They will receive the latest reports from affected areas via a video link before determining whether the outbreak amounts to a public health emergency of international concern.

The number of pneumonia cases likely caused by the new coronavirus has been growing mainly in the city of Wuhan in China's province of Hubei. Infections have also been confirmed in Japan, the US, and other parts of the world.

Once the outbreak is declared as an emergency, the WHO will likely advise countries to take tighter quarantine measures and other steps to prevent any further spread of the disease.

The WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on several occasions, including the 2009 swine flu pandemic and last year's Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * +

ufohunter 22.01.20 - 08:12pm
China also had a plague scare last year. * +

propidol 22.01.20 - 08:23pm
I bet they're all getting on planes and just coughing at people. * +

mok214 23.01.20 - 03:27pm
Well, it turns out tge celebrations for Chinese New Year are being cancelled all over the globe. And there is no doubt now that local Chinese politicians and doctors were covering up how many people were treated for this Coronavirus. Notice how the numbers have climbed since the Chinese Premier announced that any official covering this up would be hanged from the Pillar of Shame. * +

mok214 7.12.20 - 04:16pm
NEW DELHI, India -

At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday.

The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven products. Since then, patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness, doctors said.

A 45-year-old man who was hospitalized with symptoms similar to epilepsy and nausea died Sunday evening, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

Officials are trying to determine the cause of the illness. So far, water samples from impacted areas havent shown any signs of contamination, and the chief ministers office said people not linked to the municipal water supply have also fallen ill. The patients are of different ages and have tested negative for COVID-19 and other viral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya or herpes.

An expert team deputed by the federal government reached the city to investigate the sudden illness Monday.

65279;State chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited a government hospital and met patients who were ill. Opposition leader N. Chandrababu Naidu demanded on Twitter an impartial, full-fledged inquiry into the incident.

Andhra Pradesh state is among those worst hit by COVID-19, with over 800,000 detected cases. The health system in the state, like the rest of India, has been frayed by the virus. * +

obi_jon 14.02.21 - 09:13pm
Guinea has officially declared that it is dealing with another Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the virus.

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56060728[/link] *

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