The meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 in the People’s Republic of China, with exportations currently reported in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Thailand and Singapore, took place on Wednesday, 22 January 2020, from 12:00 to 16:30 Geneva time (CEST) and on Thursday, 23 January 2020, from 12:00 to 15:10.
Soumis par moussif le lun, 01/06/2020 - 01:25
Dear colleagues,
The authorities in Wuhan, central China, said 44 people had been admitted to hospital with an unidentified virus. Eleven of them were in a serious condition, while a further 121 people who had been in close contact with the infected patients had been placed under medical observation. No deaths have been reported.
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said that the origin of the viral pneumonia outbreak remained unknown.
Soumis par phokandla le sam, 01/04/2020 - 15:40
Good Day,
Happy New Year 2020 to all PoE colleagues.
A new outbreak is being reported in media.
Hope to hear more from WHO soon on that.
Kind Regards,
Dr. S. Senthil Nathan,
Port Health Officer, Chennai (earlier at Kandla Port)
Publication date:
Mercredi, Septembre 25, 2019
Soumis par Martin Walker le mar, 07/30/2019 - 08:10
Soumis par moussif le ven, 07/05/2019 - 02:12
Soumis par moussif le mer, 06/12/2019 - 00:22
Dear colleagues,
The first Ebola case has been detected today in Uganda coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The confirmed case is a five-year-old boy who entered Uganda through a ground crossing between the two countries named Bwera post. The members of the IHR Emergency Committee have been contacted by WHO few hours ago and asked to be on standby.
As you know, the number of total cases in the DRC reached 2062 to date including 1968 confirmed cases and 94 probable cases.
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