At present, in addition to the new crown epidemic, other epidemics around the world are also rising one after another!
The Ebola outbreak in Uganda continues. Uganda has seen a total of 141 confirmed cases, including 55 deaths, since the outbreak began. On the 26th local time, Ugandan President Museveni announced that the lockdown measures in Mubend and Kasanda areas, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic, will be extended for another 21 days.
Avian influenza is also raging. A layer farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwest Japan, confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza on the 27th, and immediately began to cull a total of 470,000 chickens. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has also occurred in many places in South Korea in recent days and is showing a spreading trend. In the United States, where the worst bird flu outbreak in seven years is still spreading, Nebraska agriculture officials said a local farm will slaughter all 1.8 million chickens on the farm after it finds bird flu.
The news that a frozen 48,500-year-old prehistoric giant virus was revived by scientists also attracted the attention of netizens. An international team of scientists has successfully "resurrected" a prehistoric giant virus that has been frozen for 48,500 years, and warned that thawed permafrost may pose a threat to humans.
An Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Ebola is a cause for concern, a virus with a fatality rate of 50 to 90 percent.
According to the Global Times, citing Agence France-Presse, reported on November 27 that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is still ongoing. On the 26th local time, Ugandan President Museveni announced that the lockdown measures in Mubend and Kasanda areas, the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic, will be extended for another 21 days.
On 20 September this year, Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak in the country. According to data from the Ugandan Ministry of Health, there have been 141 confirmed cases in Uganda, of which 55 have died; The 19 confirmed cases were healthcare workers and 7 healthcare workers died. According to the World Health Organization, there are currently 4,654 close contacts in Uganda, of which 3,636 have completed 21 days of follow-up observation.
Mubender and Kasanda, the two worst affected areas of Uganda, have been under lockdown since mid-October. On November 26, the second lockdown period ended, and the authorities assessed the epidemic situation in both places and announced that the lockdown period was extended for another 21 days. In accordance with the relevant epidemic lockdown requirements, the two places imposed a curfew from dusk to the early morning of the next day, prohibiting personal travel, and closing markets, bars and places of worship.
The African Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on the 27th that although the number of Ebola cases in Uganda continues to increase and the epidemic has spread to the capital Kampala, the epidemic situation is not out of control.
Ebola virus can cause Ebola haemorrhagic fever mainly through contact with the blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions and other infections of infected people or animals, and the clinical manifestations are mainly fever, bleeding and multiple organ damage, with a fatality rate of up to 50% to 90%.
Diarrhoea cases have surged in Zimbabwe's capital
Local media reported on November 27 that Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, reported more than 1,100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20. The government cited the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect garbage and dispose of burst sewers as the cause of the disease outbreak.
Local health officials said most of the cases were in high-density suburbs. The government said cholera outbreaks currently affecting Malawi and Mozambique could spread to Zimbabwe if diarrhoeal cases are not properly managed.
According to CCTV news reports, the southeastern African country of Malawi reported on November 9 that the current round of cholera epidemic has caused 214 deaths, but the number of infections began to decline after peaking last month. Since March this year, Malawi has reported a cumulative total of 7,499 people infected with cholera. The United Nations said this was the largest cholera outbreak in Malawi in 10 years.
Cholera is an acute intestinal infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, mainly transmitted through unclean water and food, and patients often experience symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and high fever, and severe disease and delayed treatment can cause death.
In September, WHO warned of a "worrying surge" in the number of global cholera infections, after years of decline. Data show that between 1.3 million and 4 million people worldwide contract cholera each year, resulting in up to 143,000 deaths.
Avian influenza is raging around the world
At the same time, avian influenza is also raging in many countries, and there is no trend towards abating.
A layer farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwest Japan, confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza on the 27th, and immediately began to cull a total of 470,000 chickens.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on the 22nd that since the first round of avian influenza epidemic this season was reported at the end of October, to the 22nd of this month, Japan has reported a total of 14 avian influenza outbreaks, culling a total of about 2.75 million birds, which has exceeded the about 1.89 million killed in the last avian influenza season.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has also occurred in many places in South Korea in recent days and is showing a spreading trend. South Korea's Central Accident Management Headquarters said on November 27 local time that bird flu appeared on a duck farm in the country. This has brought the number of bird flu outbreaks on poultry farms in South Korea to 22 since this fall.
In the United States, the worst bird flu outbreak in seven years is still spreading. According to an ABC report on the 27th, Nebraska agricultural officials said that a local farm will slaughter all 1.8 million chickens on the farm after bird flu is found. It's a sign that the bird flu outbreak that has killed more than 50 million birds in the United States continues to spread.
The largest bird flu epidemic in European history has not subsided, and an outbreak broke out in the border area between the Netherlands and Germany on the 19th local time, and about 220,000 poultry were culled. In October this year, the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control jointly issued a report, saying that Europe is experiencing the largest avian influenza outbreak in history, with more than 2,460 outbreaks reported and 48 million poultry culled, affecting 37 countries across Europe, both the number of cases and the scope of the epidemic have reached a "new high".
48,500 years ago, the giant virus was resurrected
Recently, the news that a frozen 48,500-year-old prehistoric giant virus was revived by scientists has also attracted the attention of netizens. There are concerns that as a warming climate thaws the permafrost, more prehistoric viruses will be released, potentially triggering new outbreaks.
An international team of scientists has successfully "resurrected" a prehistoric giant virus that has been frozen for 48,500 years, and warned that thawed permafrost may pose a threat to humans.
China News Network quoted the British magazine "New Scientist" as reporting that the above team successfully "resurrected" 7 viruses that had been frozen in the Siberian permafrost for tens of thousands of years, and the youngest was frozen for 27,000 years. The oldest has been frozen for 48,500 years from permafrost 16 meters below the surface of a lake in Russia's Yakutia region, which the team of scientists believe is the oldest virus "resurrected" to date.
According to Russia Today (RT), the viruses revived by the team belong to the Pandora virus, a giant virus that can infect single-celled organisms such as amoebas. Studies have found that these ancient viruses can infect living cells after spending tens of thousands of years in permafrost.
This means that other viruses may also remain contagious to plants, animals and even humans, scientists warn — that [viruses] frozen there could be released and "resurrected." "It's a real danger, bacteria and viruses come up every day." Claveri, professor emeritus of genomics at the University of Aix-Marseille in France, said.
Rebecca Katz of Georgetown University in Washington said: "It makes sense to understand all the risks that may arise so that we can be as prepared as possible, and the release of ancient viruses from thawed permafrost is a very real threat. ”
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