Two Nipah Virus Cases Reported In India: WHO

GENEVA, Jan 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO), said yesterday that, two laboratory-confirmed cases of Nipah virus (NiV) infection, have been reported in India. In its latest Disease Outbreak News, the WHO said that, the National IHR Focal Point for India, last Monday notified it of the two…

Myanmar Steps Up Nipah Virus Monitoring, Issues Travel Health Advisory

YANGON, Jan 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Ministry of Health, has strengthened monitoring measures for the Nipah virus and issued health advice for travellers, despite no confirmed cases being detected in the country to date, according to the ministry’s statement, yesterday. The ministry said in the statement that, it is heightening…

Mongolia Sees Measles Cases Spike To 13,989

ULAN BATOR, Jan 27 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia registered 22 new cases of measles infection over the past 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 13,989, according to the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD), today. Meanwhile, 56 people remained in hospital, including five critically ill children, the NCCD said,…

New African Swine Fever Outbreak Reported In S. Korean Farm

SEOUL, Jan 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed at a pig farm in Gangneung, a city in South Korea’s Gangwon province, it was reported today. Local authorities said today that, about 20,000 pigs raised at the farm will be culled in accordance with…

Cold-Related Diseases Claim Scores Of Lives In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jan 7 (NNN-BSS) – Scores of people, many of them children, have died in parts of Bangladesh, due to cold-related diseases, as of yesterday, since Nov, last year. According to the Directorate General of Health Services, under Bangladesh’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 43 people died due to…

Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Hospitalised After Fall

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been hospitalised, following a fall at his home this morning, according to his press secretary. Mahathir was taken to the National Heart Institute at 9:30 a.m. local time by ambulance, but remained conscious, the secretary said in a…

Over One Million People In Gaza Still Urgently Need Shelter Assistance: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – An estimated more than one million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said, yesterday. The shelter assistance needs remain, although humanitarians have distributed thousands of tents and hundreds of…

Pakistan Reported Sharp Decline In Polio Cases Last Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a sharp decline in polio cases last year, due to sustained vaccination campaigns and improved disease surveillance, health authorities said. Official data showed polio cases fell from 74 in 2024, to 30 in 2025, with no new cases reported nationwide since Sept. Six…

Measles Death Toll Reaches 12 In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Dec 30 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s measles death toll has reached 12, after one more related death was registered, the National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD), said, today. Meanwhile, 22 people remained in hospital, including four critically ill children, the NCCD said, in a statement. The NCCD advised parents…

16 Killed In Nursing Home Fire In Indonesia’s Manado, Identification Underway

JAKARTA, Dec 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures, for 16 people killed in a fire, that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities, said. The victims’ bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital, of the North Sulawesi Regional…
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