Category: PPE
Ebola case fatality rate is between 40% to 90%
“The illness has a case fatality rate of between 40% to 90% (depending on the virus species) with SUDV having a case fatality rate of approximately 50% seen in previous outbreaks.”… ...More...
Ebola: 65 health workers under quarantine in Uganda
Chinese news agency Xinhua are reporting that at least 65 health workers are under quarantine for possible Ebola infection in Uganda.… ...More...
Italy: 203 people fined for not wearing a mask on public transport
203 people, including 31 children and 11 drivers, were caught and fined a total of €81,000.… ...More...
Monkeypox: Doctor infected while testing patients
An Israeli doctor was infected by monkeypox earlier this week while handling a sample, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.… ...More...
Preprint: The efficacy of facemasks in the prevention of Covid-19
The probability of getting COVID-19 for mask wearers was just 7%, whereas the probability of getting COVID-19 for non-mask wearers was 52%.… ...More...
Spain: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Castilla y León
Spanish health authorities have confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Castilla y León region.… ...More...
Monkeypox: CDC advises travellers to wear a mask *1 update*
The US CDC has amended its advice for travellers for Monkeypox, just one week after its last revision.… ...More...
WHO: Monkeypox may be airborne
In its latest Monkeypox update, the World Health Organisation’s has declared, for the first time, that Monkeypox may be airborne.… ...More...
UK: Principles for monkeypox control
The UKHSA has issued new guidance on the control, transmission and biology of Monkeypox cases.… ...More...
UK: Monkeypox classified as an airborne high consequence infectious disease
The UK has classified Monkeypox as a high consequence airborne infectious disease In a recently updated document by the UKHSA, along with MERS, Nipah virus, SARS1 and Pneumonic plague.… ...More...