The World Health Organization determined that the risk of the monkeypox virus is “moderate globally and in all regions,” except in Europe where the risk is high As monkeypox infection rates continue to increase across the globe, the outbreak has been elevated to a public health emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the classification during a press conference …
A ten-year-old girl has been burnt to death in a fire outbreak at Akyem Gyadem Zongo near Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern region. The incident occurred Saturday evening. A resident told Starr News, the victim together with her 4-year-old male sibling and mother were sleeping in the room when the fire outbreak occurred. The …
Health officials in Yemen have recorded more than 200,000 suspected cases of cholera since January. Unseasonal rains along with rising temperatures are said to have caused a spike in the disease. They say they have seen the disease spreading among increasing numbers of African migrants and refugees entering the country. Source: aljazeera.com
An international humanitarian organization warned on Monday the lack of basic sanitation facilities in overcrowded displacement camps will cause fresh cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria. In a statement reaching Xinhua on Monday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) called for action to be taken to prevent the looming threat in the northeast part of Nigeria, which hosts camps for people affected …
