Laos: Dengue fever cases hit 8,305 in Laos since January
21 December 2020. Laos. Cases of dengue fever in Laos have reached 8,305 since January, including 13 deaths.https://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2020-12/21/content_77036073.htm
Thailand: Mystery disease killing pigs in Korat
17 December 2020. Thailand. Pig farmers in Nakhon Ratchasima have been ordered to cull their herds if they find signs of a mystery disease that is killing pigs in the Northeast province.https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399765
Nurses among new Covid-19 cases in Thailand
8 December 2020. Thailand. Four medical personnel infected at quarantine facilities in Bangkok are among 19 new Covid-19 cases reported, raising the total to 4,126.https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2031923/nurses-among-new-covid-19-cases
Laos reports new death from dengue fever
8 December 2020. Laos.Reported one new death from dengue fever, taking the death toll to 13 in the country.https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/08/c_139572943.htm
China reports H5N6 avian influenza death
12 December 2020. Laos.Chinese health authorities report a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in a 81-year-old female farmer from Changzhou of Jiangsu Province.https://outbreaknewstoday.com/china-reports-h5n6-avian-influenza-death-in-jiangsu-province-76848/
Cat flu strikes village in Nakhon Ratchasima
13 December 2020. Thailand. Residents of a village in Kham Sakaesaeng district, of Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, werealarmed after they discovered that more than 20 cats in their community had died and the rest are falling sickhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/cat-flu-strikes-village-in-nakhon-ratchasima/
No new cases of malaria in China
16 December 2020. China. China has applied to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the certification of malaria eradication within the countryhttps://www.itij.com/latest/news/no-new-cases-malaria-china
Vietnam moves to identify early cases of tuberculosis
18 December 2020. Vietnam. AS Vietnam tries to eradicate tuberculosis in the country by 2030, its health authorities are proactively seeking to identify early cases among high-riskgroups.https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2020/12/650131/vietnam-moves-identify-early-cases-tuberculosis
Nine women of 16 returnees from Myanmar test positive for Covid-19
Dec 06. 2020: Chiang Rai has found nine new cases of Covid-19 linked to the 1G1 Hotel in Myanmar, provincial officials said.
All the nine were women aged 20-44 years, who had travelled through legal channels.
Chiang Rai administration officials held a press conference on Sunday regarding the Covid-19 situation in the province.
They said the nine women had travelled across the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge and entered the quarantine process as soon as they had returned to the country without being exposed to the community at all.
S. Korea reports 11 more African swine fever cases in wild boars
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) — An environment agency said Tuesday it has found 11 more wild boars infected with the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus in areas near the inter-Korean border. The discoveries raised the number of wild boar infections in the country to 228.
The 11 carcasses were found in border areas, including in the eastern county of Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, as well as the border city of Paju and Yeoncheon County in Gyeonggi Province, north of Seoul, according to a research institute affiliated with the environment ministry.