According to the latest weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), both Pakistan and Afghanistan recorded new polio cases in the past week.
Pakistan has two new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), in Sindh and Khyber districts. The case-patients experienced onset of paralysis on Sep 22 and 25, respectively. Officials have now reported six WPV cases in Pakistan this year, one more than at this time in 2017.
Today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced four more confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Beni, the current epicenter of the outbreak in North Kivu province.
Officials also recorded three new deaths in Beni, including two community deaths that had safe and dignified burials.
Four countries reported more vaccine-derived polio cases in ongoing outbreaks, according to the latest weekly update today from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today.
During a 4-day pause of fighting in an ongoing conflict, 306,000 Yemenis, including 164,000 children under the age of 15, were vaccinated with the cholera vaccine, according to an update today from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) yesterday announced that it has awarded a contract worth as much as $19 million to Oxford University and Janssen Vaccines to advance the development and manufacture of a vaccine against MERS-CoV and do preclinical studies of new vaccines against Lassa and Nipah viruses.
Cargill Meat Solutions of Fort Morgan, Colo., has recalled more than 130,000 pounds of ground beef products after they were tied to an 18-case, four-state outbreak of Escherichia coli infections that has left one person dead, federal officials said yesterday.
Tests have confirmed Ebola in three more people, all from the hot spot in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry said today.
Passengers and crew on two inbound flights to Philadelphia yesterday were held for medical evaluation after some passengers were sick with flulike symptoms, the airport said yesterday in a statement.
One more case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) latest Ebola outbreak, in a patient from Beni, the health ministry said yesterday in its latest update.
The study provides evidence that population immunity is critical for the successful phase-out of oral polio vaccines.
