Nigeria: A three-story building housing apartments and a primary and nursery school collapses with at least 8 dead and many more missing
March 14th, 2019
Saudi Arabia: 102 cases since the first of the year, of which 57 are linked to the outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, most of which are linked to healthcare exposure, with some related to contact with camels.
March 13th, 2019Health Events: Epi-week 11, 2019 112019
Date التاريخ
Event# رقم الحدث
Description
الوصف
10/03/2019 19-1874
MERS in Hafr Albatin city: 47-year-old male in Hafr Albatin city, Hafr Albatin region Contact with camels: Yes Case classification: Secondary Current status: Active
47
10/03/2019 19-1875
MERS in Khamees Meshait city: 64-year-old female in Khamees Meshait city, Aseer region Contact with camels: No Case classification: Secondary Current status: Active
64
11/03/2019 19-1876
MERS in Wadi Aldwasir city: 60-year-old male in Wadi Aldwasir city, Riyadh region Contact with camels: No Case classification: Secondary Current status: Active
Weekly summary of major outbreaks in Africa
March 13th, 2019Plague: Uganda
2 Cases
1 Death: 50% CFR
Ebola virus disease: Democratic Republic of the Congo
921 Cases
582 Deaths: 63% CFR
Hepatitis E: Namibia
4 669 Cases
41 Deaths: 0.9% CFR
Lassa fever: Nigeria
420 Cases
93 Deaths: CFR 22.1%
Major Storm System to Bring Significant Impacts to the Central and Southern U.S. Midweek
March 13th, 2019
“……An intense and ferocious winter storm — a “bomb cyclone” — is expected to bring hurricane-force wind gusts, blizzard conditions and a flood threat across a swath of the US heartland Wednesday……”
Italy: Parents risk being fined up to €500 (£425; $560) if they send their unvaccinated children to school.
March 12th, 2019“…..The new law came amid a surge in measles cases – but Italian officials say vaccination rates have improved since it was introduced.
Under Italy’s so-called Lorenzin law – named after the former health minister who introduced it – children must receive a range of mandatory immunisations before attending school. They include vaccinations for chickenpox, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella.
Children up to the age of six years will be excluded from nursery and kindergarten without proof of vaccination under the new rules.
Those aged between six and 16 cannot be banned from attending school, but their parents face fines if they do not complete the mandatory course of immunisations…..”
Desalination pours more toxic brine into the ocean than previously thought
March 12th, 2019“…….Desalination facilities, which extract drinkable water from the ocean, discharge around 142 billion liters of extremely salty water called brine back into the environment every day, a study finds. That waste product of the desalination process can kill marine life and detrimentally alter the planet’s oceans…..”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLgmFRceoVE
Europe: Measles and rubella monitoring report, March 2019
March 12th, 2019“…..Twenty-nine countries reported measles data for January 2019, with 881 cases reported by 19 countries and 10 countries reporting no cases. Germany did not report measles data for January 2019.
Overall, case numbers continued to increase compared with the previous two months. Romania, Italy, Poland and France had the highest case counts with 261, 165, 133 and 124 cases, respectively.
Notable increases were reported in Italy, Poland, France and Austria.
- Italy reported 165 cases in January, compared with 76 in December and 58 in November.
- Poland reported 133 cases in January, compared with 114 in December and 79 in November.
- France reported 124 cases in January, compared with 54 in December and 61 in November.
- Austria reported 25 cases in January, compared with one in December and four in November…..”