Disease outbreak

The latest measles outbreak occurred in Greece in 2017-2018 with more than 3,200 cases and four deaths.

Ljubljana – After the first two cases of monkeypox were confirmed in Slovenia about a week ago, the National Institute of Public Health said on Thursday that three infections had been confirmed so far. Epidemiological procedures are under way.

The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf country to announce a case of monkeypox on Tuesday, insisting it was "fully prepared" to handle any outbreak.

The UAE is believed to be just the second Middle Eastern country after Israel to detect monkeypox, whose appearance in a number of countries has caused alarm after the coronavirus pandemic.

India's coronavirus caseload topped 20 million on May 4 as it struggled to contain a huge outbreak, in stark contrast to gradual reopenings in the United States and Europe.

Rapid immunisation programmes in wealthier nations have helped suppress outbreaks, and the European Union was even looking at allowing vaccinated foreign tourists into the bloc as early as next month.

The Russian consumer safety watchdog follows the information about outbreaks of new infectious diseases, and particularly monitors the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after reports on Disease X, the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare told TASS on Sunday.

Until the last bulletin, 18.592 people were tested.
According to the latest data, there are 7.011 people in hospitals, and 245 patients on respirators.
163.035 cases have been registered in Serbia since the outbreak of the epidemic.
1.484 people died as a result of the virus.
A total of 1.744.981 people have been tested since the outbreak of the epidemic.