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China has reported that 59,938 COVID-related deaths occurred between 8 December 2022 and 12 January 2022. [37] Malaysia has reported 287 new cases, bringing the total number of 5,032,433. There are 590 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,984,891. The death toll remains 36,908. [38]
Since 2020, global outbreaks of avian influenza subtype H5N1 have been occurring, with cases reported from every continent as of May 2024. In late 2023, H5N1 was discovered in the Antarctic for the first time, raising fears of imminent spread throughout the region, potentially leading to a "catastrophic breeding failure" among animals that had not previously been exposed to avian influenza ...
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023.
As of 23 December 2020, residents from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have travelled overseas in the 21 days prior to their arrival will also be denied entry. [76] [77] Singapore: All foreigners were prohibited entry and transit starting from 23 March 2020 to 19 October 2021. [78]
A significant outbreak of influenza A virus subtype H7N9 (A/H7N9) started in March 2013 when severe influenza affected 18 humans in China; six subsequently died. [76] It was discovered that a low pathogenic strain of A/H7N9 was circulating among chickens, and that all the affected people had been exposed in poultry markets .
According to reconstruction analysis published in September 2020, the outbreak at Webasto had not seeded the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, with the evidence pointing instead to the latter outbreak having been initiated by cases imported directly from China. [6]
According to a 2024 paper, a large outbreak of H5N1 killed 70% of elephant seal pups born in the 2023 breeding season. In surveyed areas of Península Valdés, Argentina, seal mortality rates exceed 96%. A February 2024 article reports that the outbreak in South America has, since 2022, killed at least 600,000 wild birds and 50,000 mammals.
In Bangladesh's ongoing 2023 dengue epidemic season, the country has been witnessing the deadliest outbreak of dengue fever ever since the first outbreak in Bangladesh in 2000. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of 31 December 2023, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported 321,179 hospitalizations and 1,705 deaths due to the Aedes ...