TRAVEL ADVISORY Key points –Travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Hubei Province, China, including Wuhan. –There is an ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that can be spread from person-to-person. –Chinese officials have closed transport within and out of Wuhan […]
Africa
Africa
South Africa Corona Virus(COVID-19) – updates
CORONA VIRUS(COVID-19) 24-HOUR HOTLINE NUMBER: 0800 029 999 Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).The most recent Coronavirus […]
Weekly bulletin
The Weekly Bulletin focuses on open health emergencies occurring in a WHO African Region. Each week, a brief description, followed by open health measures implemented and an interpretation of a conditions is supposing for a few comparison events. A list is supposing during a finish of […]
Ebola
On 1 Aug 2018, a Ministry of Health of a Democratic Republic of a Congo told WHO of a new conflict of Ebola pathogen illness (EVD) in North Kivu Province, in a eastern partial of a country.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
WHO is scaling adult novel coronavirus preparedness efforts in a African segment and ancillary countries to exercise recommendations outlined on 30 January.