Viral diseases

One person died today, while 249 people have died since the beginning of the corona virus epidemic in Serbia.
There are currently 15 people on respirators.
11.348 patients recovered, while death rate stands at 2.11 percent.
The total number of infected is 11.803 out of 272.502 people tested since the outbreak of the epidemic.

She told TV Prva that Serbia is embarking on a mass testing and search for anyone who has been infected with the coronavirus.
"We will test people who have been in close contact with the infected people, even though they have no symptoms," she explained.

"From the last report until 6 pm, on March 13, 2020, samples of 17 people were tested, 6 of which were positive and 11 negative for the new corona virus."
Thus, the number of cases registered by 8 am on March 14, 2020, increased to 41.

A group of Turkish scientists have identified four rare viruses in Turkey that cause hemorrhagic fever and lead to death due to kidney failure, Daily Sabah reported.

More than 100 people have been tested for Hepatitis C on the first day of the campaign at Sofia City Hospital, BNT reported.

Blood tests are free and the goal is to detect the disease early in order to prevent complications and other life-threatening diagnoses.

Viral hepatitis B and C kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year and hepatitis ranks as the second major killer infectious disease despite being preventable, treatable or even curable, but most people are completely unaware they are infected.

A new study by WHO, published today in Lancet Global Health, has found that investing US$6bn per year in eliminating hepatitis in 67 low- and middle-income countries would avert 4.5 million premature deaths by 2030, and more than 26 million deaths beyond that target date.

Experiments with monkeys have given encouraging results, writes NOVA TV. 

A new HIV vaccine launches tests on people, hoping to find a cure for the disease, write Daily Old and Daily News.

Since nearly 40 years ago the AIDS epidemic has started, only four vaccines have reached the stage of being tested on humans. None of them proved effective.

A "Let's find the missing 69,000" campaign which aims to detect hepatitis C infected patients starts. Free examinations will be provided within the framework of the initiative, which will start tomorrow and will continue until the end of August. The campaign targets people between 34 and 69 years of age. The research will be carried out at the St.