Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 17 August 2024, Indonesia's Independence day, the national Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) reported a total of 14 confirmed mpox cases from January to April 2024. [53] This brought the cumulative total to 88 cases in Indonesia when combined with the previous outbreak 's 73 cases reported in 2023, as well as one case from 2022.
This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2022. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan , China, in December 2019.
On 1 January 2024, the Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh encouraged teachers and students to wear face masks, and staff members to do self-tests if they have COVID-19 symptoms. [5] On 12 January, Health Minister Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad stated that the Health Ministry would not be setting up field hospitals following a decrease in COVID-19 ...
In May 2022, the UK Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance (HAIRS) group [62] warned that the virus could reach wildlife and become endemic as a result. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] There was a concern that if the ongoing outbreak is prolonged, it "could establish new ecological niches in wild animals" in regions outside of Africa.
The 2023-2024 norovirus season is well underway in the United States. Cases of the highly contagious stomach bug, which causes diarrhea and vomiting, are climbing steadily across the country.
As of 10 August 2022, seven West Asian, three Southeast Asian, three East Asian and one South Asian country, along with Russia, have reported confirmed cases. As of 10 August 2022, a total of 162 cases were confirmed. Most of them were concentrated in the region of West Asia, with 141 of the total 156 cases (≈90.38%) being reported in the region.
As of 14 April 2022, over 500 million cases were confirmed globally. [61] Most cases are unconfirmed, with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimating the true number of cases as of early 2022 to be in the billions. [62] [63] Semi-log plot of weekly new cases of COVID-19 in the world and the top six countries in 2022
The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in North America is a part of the outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak reached North America on 18 May 2022, when the United States reported their first case of mpox. As of 23 August 2022, 20 North American countries and territories have confirmed cases.