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A suicide truck bomb, allegedly claimed by Islamist al Shabaab militants, hit the entrance of Somalia’s biggest port on Sunday, killing at least 29 people .

Reuters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XRcTqKfvt4

 


Metal girders and the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria, killing at least 160 people

NY Daily News


Turkish officials: Kurdish militants appear to be responsible for twin bomb attacks on police outside an Istanbul stadium on Saturday.

BBC

 


Cairo, Egypt:  A bombing near the Coptic cathedral has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens of others

BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFp15RVA2d4


Kenya: A tanker carrying chemical gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road, killing more than 30 people and injuring 10.

WHIO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV1Y1pQt_pk

 

 

 

 


NIgeria: The roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers on Saturday, killing at least 60 people

Washington Post

“….Hundreds of people….were inside when metal girders crashed onto worshippers and the corrugated iron roof caved in….”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSzKVm2ri6c

 

 


Istanbul: Twenty-nine people, mostly police officers, were killed and 166 wounded in Saturday’s twin bombings

CNN

“…..a remote control detonated a car bomb for the explosion. Shortly afterward, a suicide bomber caused a second explosion at Macka Park. The two locations are less than a mile apart……”

 


WHO: Update on cholera cases reported in Yemen

WHO

Update on cholera cases reported in Yemen

8 December 2016 – The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen has published updated figures on cases of cholera in Yemen.

To date, 8975 suspected cases of cholera, including 89 associated deaths have been reported, with a case–fatality rate of 1%.  The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of Vibrio cholerae 01 is 138.

The affected areas include 135 districts in the governorates of Abyan, Aden, Amran, Al Hudaydah, Al-Bayda’a, Al-Dhale’a, Dhamar Ibb, Hajjah, Lahij, Raymah, Sana’a, Ta’izz and Sana’a City. New cases have also been reported in the governorate of Al Jawf for the first time.

The prevention and intervention efforts by WHO, in partnership with the Ministry, UNICEF, OCHA and other partner organizations, has helped to reduce the spread of the disease some governorates, while new cases continue to be reported in others.

26 cholera treatment centres have been set up in the affected governorates and surveillance for acute watery diarrhoea has been enhanced in all governorates of the country. WHO is providing support to the 2 national health emergency control rooms in Aden and Sana’a to ensure quality data collection and has mobilized rapid response teams for effective and timely epidemiological investigation and response.

WHO has strengthened the capacity of local health workers through training on case management and infection control. Essential supplies such as rapid diagnostic test kits, IV fluids, oral rehydration solutions and water chlorination tablets have been provided in affected communities.

WHO has also supported social mobilization and health education campaign among citizens to raise their awareness on prevention of cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases.

Acute watery diarrhoeal diseases are endemic in Yemen, however the ongoing conflict has stretched the capacity of the national health systems.

More than 7.6 million people, and more than 3 million internally displaced persons currently live in areas affected by the outbreak.


Five killed and at least 25 injured after a cargo train carrying propane-butane derailed and exploded in Bulgaria.

ITV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6AMGgdFaGs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNdZlV2f6sw

 


Highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreaks have hit more than a dozen countries

So far the new H5N8 outbreak strain poses a very low threat to humans, but the lack of human immunity and expanding range in birds warrant careful monitoring in birds, the scientists said.

Citation style for this article: Adlhoch C, Brown IH, Angelova SG, Bálint Á, Bouwstra R, Buda S, Castrucci MR, Dabrera G, Dán Á, Grund C, Harder T, van der Hoek W, Krisztalovics K, Parry-Ford F, Popescu R, Wallensten A, Zdravkova A, Zohari S, Tsolova S, Penttinen P. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) outbreaks: protection and management of exposed people in Europe, 2014/15 and 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(49):pii=30419. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.49.30419

Received:29 November 2016; Accepted:07 December 2016


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