Jakarta reinforced the rules of social distancing since Indonesia is the tenth Asian country by COVID-19 number of cases. Many politicians turned out to be ill.
Philippines records 2,833 new cases of COVID-19 today. The Health Minister declares cases have climbed and also the death toll. The WHO expresses its worry and issues a new report with very important information.
The World Health Organization has declared tied cooperation with the African CDC in order to encourage the research on natural medicines in Africa in order to tackle both COVID-19 and other epidemics.
In Swaziland abortion is illegal, the use of contraceptives and abortion pills is widespread and often related to illegal products, which circulate illegally. This could dramatically increase cancer risk among women.
The UN Refugee Agency is saddened by the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who disembarked in northern Aceh, Indonesia last week. The situation, however, is very worrying for all the 293 people which are fleeing.
On Minerva Medica, the Italian Journal of Emergency Medicine published an interesting case report on the post-COVID-19 Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Caucasian woman at the beginning of the pandemic.
In Uganda, the Ministry of Health has scaled up access to early infant diagnosis and HIV Viral Load testing with new machines. This will absolutely help the existing capacity for progress towards targets for HIV epidemic control and ending…