Travel Vaccine News

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an agency of the European Union, today announced earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria are increasing infectious disease threats that may be concerning in the following two to four weeks.
The ECDC stated in a news release on February 20, 2023, food and water-borne diseases, respiratory infections, and vaccine-preventable infections are a risk in the upcoming period.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an agency of the European Union, today announced earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria are increasing infectious disease threats that may be concerning in the following two to four weeks.
The ECDC stated in a news release on February 20, 2023, food and water-borne diseases, respiratory infections, and vaccine-preventable infections are a risk in the upcoming period.

Since a train derailment in eastern Ohio in early February 2023, many residents have asked the U.S. government about health risks, including water quality and the impact of chemicals.
To enhance transparency, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the latest water sample results of the Ohio River by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission on February 18, 2023.
This data indicates no butyl acrylate or vinyl chloride has been detected in the Ohio River.

An outbreak of shigellosis cases among travelers returning from the Republic of Cabo Verde has been reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
As of February 17, 2023, the ECDC's report confirmed 10 EU/EEA countries, the U.K., and the U.S. confirmed 221 Shigella infections and 37 possible cases, who had visited Cabo Verde, which is located off the west coast of Spain.
Based on the available information, many cases are reported to have stayed in all-inclusive hotels located in the region of Santa Maria on the southern island of Sal.

The Ohio Emergency Management Agency published the latest update from Governor DeWine, the Ohio EPA, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture regarding work underway in East Palestine as of February 16, 2023.
Ohio Governor DeWine sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting that they immediately send medical experts to East Palestine to evaluate and counsel members of the community who have questions and/or are experiencing symptoms.

The Ohio Emergency Management Agency published the latest update from Governor DeWine, the Ohio EPA, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture regarding work underway in East Palestine as of February 16, 2023.
Ohio Governor DeWine sent a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting that they immediately send medical experts to East Palestine to evaluate and counsel members of the community who have questions and/or are experiencing symptoms.

Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak today. This highly infectious virus causes hemorrhagic fever, with a fatality ratio of up to 88%.
MVD is in the same virus family that causes Ebola virus disease.
Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country's western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for MVD, wrote the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 13, 2023.

Arjun Poudel with The Kathmandu Post recently reported the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal's Health Department is aggressively confronting the recent outbreak of measles that began in early 2023.
Nepal has committed to eliminating measles by 2023. But, to declare measles as eliminated, the number of cases should be less than five per one million people yearly.
Since measles is a vaccine-preventable disease, this goal indicates new initiatives are needed.

The World Health Organization (WHO) today reported that the global cholera situation has further deteriorated, with at least 18 countries reporting cholera cases.
On February 11, 2023, the WHO assessed the health risk from these cholera outbreaks as very high globally.
The world is facing an acute upsurge of the 7th cholera pandemic characterized by the number, size, and concurrence of multiple outbreaks, the spread to areas free of cholera for decades, and alarming high mortality rates, says the WHO.

An unexpected Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) case was recently reported in the Arabian Peninsula by the North Batinah Governorate in Oman.
Humans are generally infected with MERS Coronavirus (CoV) after direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels, the natural host, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
However, MERS-CoV has demonstrated the ability to be transmitted between humans.
But outside of healthcare settings, there has been limited human-to-human transmission.