Public Health Emergency at Points of Entry

Please, find below the link to the disease outbreak news concerning 1 additional case of MERS-CoV infection in the United Arab Emirates :  http://www.who.int/csr/don/09-june-2015-mers-are/en/

Please, find below the link to the the disease outbreak news concerning 9 additional cases of MERS-CoV infection in the Republic of Korea :  http://www.who.int/csr/don/08-june-2015-mers-korea/en/

Please, find below the link to the disease outbreak news concerning 6 MERS-CoV cases in the Republic of Korea
http://www.who.int/csr/don/05-june-2015-mers-korea/en/

EU SHIPSAN ACT has newly released Newsletter Issue 14, you can read this round-up on latest news at:
http://www.shipsan.eu/Home/NewsandEvents/TabId/116/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/81/EU-SHIPSAN-ACT-JA---Newsletter-Issue-14.aspx

To access to the edition of 15th May 2015, Emerging and re-emerging infectious threats in the 21st century,  please click under this link :  http://www.who.int/wer/2015/wer9020/en/
 

Dear PAGNet members,

As the PAGNet secretariat, we have the honour to inform you to the 5th PAGNet meeting: Strengthening public health capacities for ports and shipping to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 7 to 9 July 2015.

The Sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in Geneva 18–26 May 2015. The Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States. Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.

A total of 9 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was reported in the week to 10 May: the lowest weekly total this year (Guinea reported a total of 7 cases, Sierra Leone reported 2).

Please note that the 5th EC wild Polio statement is now available : http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2015/polio-5th-statement/en/