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Turkey health minister on flu vaccines: ‘Please do not neglect it’

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca stated that they started the 2023 flu vaccine application as of September 15, in order to reduce the effects of flu epidemics, ensure mild disease...

Cases of botulism in Europe following medical procedures with botulinum toxin

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 From late February 2023 to 10 March 2023, 67 cases of botulism, probably of iatrogenic origin, related to intragastric injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) were reported in Germany...

Top 5 infectious disease posts for February 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Here are the five most popular posts on Outbreak News Today for the month of February 2023: 5. Brazil: ‘Rare’ mosquito-borne virus, Ilheus Virus, sickens Bahia woman A 41-year-old...

Two New Earthquakes Hit Turkey and Syria

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Just two weeks after the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, two more earthquakes with 6.4 and 5.8 magnitudes just shook the region, terrifying people once again. The...

Turkey earthquake: Minister Koca’s statement, Death toll rises

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Turkey’s Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca made a statement with Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry...

Naegleria fowleri fatal case in Turkey

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews From a recent paper in the journal Acta Parasitologica: Real-Time PCR Confirmation of a Fatal Case of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis in Turkey Caused by Naegleria...

Turkey records 13 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever deaths year to date

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Turkish Ministry of Health reports 13 human fatalities due to the the tick-borne disease, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), according to a Daily Sabah report. This...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Turkey reports hundreds of cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Local media report that Turkey is seeing an increase in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases. They report 480 cases of viral infection, including 15 fatalities. The...

Turkey COVID-19 outbreak: 3800 new cases, Total cases double in 10 days

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the COVID-19 situation in Turkey, health ministry officials report an additional 3783 coronavirus disease cases today, bringing the total in the...

Turkey COVID-19 death toll now 725, ‘Bed occupancy rate has not reached 50 percent yet’

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, Turkey Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca announced there were 76 additional COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, bringing the total fatalities to 725. He...