Category: Community
Hand, foot and mouth disease still present in Bangkok
THAILAND – Bangkok residents have been cautioned against the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease among young children, with up to 11,000 people nationwide contracting the disease from January to June. Dr Wanthani Wattana, director of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s […]
Infectious Diseases Claim 1,336 Lives in China
A total of 1,336 people died of infectious diseases in the Chinese mainland in June alone while AIDS proved as the most deadly among them, the country’s National Health and Family Planning Commission has said. According to a statement issued […]
UAE announces first case of MERS-virus infection
ABU DHABI – Health authorities in the UAE have announced that an 82-year-old man has been diagnosed with the MERS coronavirus infection, the first case to be recorded in the Gulf state. The Emirati citizen who contracted the SARS-like virus […]
Cambodia reports 14th human case of avian influenza H5N1
The WHO and Cambodian authorities reveals that a three-year-old boy from Cambodia has been confirmed positive for the avian influenza H5N1, bringing the number of cases to 14 this year. Only five of the 14 cases survived, reports Xinhua. The […]
Coal burning in China’s north can shorten lives
CHINA – Heavy air pollution reduces life expectancy, a new study has found, ringing an alarm for policymakers looking to create their future energy roadmap. The research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a US multidisciplinary […]
Chicken feet scandal scares public
NANNING- A food scandal involving chicken feet has led to public concern in China after it emerged products had been stored in a freezer for nearly half a century. Police in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, […]
Foot-and-mouth disease infections confirmed in Tibet
BEIJING- The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on Wednesday said infections of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed in cattle in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. On July 5, a village in Bomi County in Nyingchi Prefecture reported that 72 head of […]
120,000 dengue cases projected in Thailand in 2013
BANGKOK- The dengue outbreak, which has been surging sharply in Thailand during the current rainy season, is feared to strike 120,000 cases for the whole year, a sharp rise from the previous years, health officials said Monday. There have been […]
Dengue outbreak strikes 1,800 in the Central Philippines
A provincial official revealed that dengue fever has surged in the central Philippines, infecting more than 1,800 people and killing at least ten. The number of people struck down by the mosquito-borne disease in the central province of Iloilo this […]
Two new MERS deaths in Saudi: Ministry
RIYADH – A Saudi man and a child have died from the MERS virus, bringing the number of deaths from the respiratory infection in the kingdom to 38, the health ministry said on Sunday. The 53-year-old man died from the […]
