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Singapore officials went door-to-door Monday to wipe out mosquitoes after the discovery of 41 locally transmitted cases of Zika virus.

• 29 августа 2016, 14:14

Causing brain damage in babies and a rare neurological ailment in adults, the Zika virus is also linked to paralysis-causing myelitis.

• 09 марта 2016, 00:53

South Korea has introduced a new law designed to curb a MERS outbreak, tightening quarantine restrictions and imposing jail sentences on those who defy anti-infection measures.

• 26 июня 2015, 15:10

South Korea reported three new cases of MERS as health authorities remained vigilant about the spread of the virus.

• 22 июня 2015, 11:19

North Korea says it has developed a vaccine that is "very effective" in treating MERS, Ebola and AIDS, the state mouthpiece KCNA reported.

• 20 июня 2015, 11:01

As South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the killer MERS virus, its fearful citizens have donned surgical masks en masse.

• 18 июня 2015, 13:44

South Korea reported the 16th death in an expanding MERS outbreak and announced financial aid to the tourism industry.

• 15 июня 2015, 13:28

South Korea reported 14 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), including the first pregnant woman infected by the potentially deadly virus.

• 11 июня 2015, 12:33

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has postponed a planned trip to the United States amid growing public alarm at the MERS outbreak which has now claimed nine lives.

• 10 июня 2015, 16:24

South Korea Tuesday reported its seventh death from MERS as the government -- concerned about the economic impact -- said it hoped to end the crisis this week.

• 09 июня 2015, 14:56

South Korea recorded its sixth death and biggest single day jump in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections.

• 08 июня 2015, 09:12

The World Health Organization said it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.

• 04 февраля 2015, 10:05

The World Bank trimmed its estimates of the economic damage of the Ebola epidemic.

• 21 января 2015, 12:32

The International Monetary Fund is under mounting pressure to cancel the debts of the three poor West African countries hit hardest by Ebolaю

• 31 декабря 2014, 13:53

Jennifer Lawrence says she'd be fine if she got Ebola, in a video that encourages Americans to focus more on West Africans far more likely to die from the dreaded virus.

• 31 декабря 2014, 12:17

Queen Elizabeth II will pay tribute in her annual Christmas Day broadcast to the "selflessness" of medical staff and aid workers fighting the Ebola epidemic.

• 25 декабря 2014, 15:05

Sierra Leone said it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm.

• 13 декабря 2014, 15:26

British supermodel Naomi Campbell launched a pop-up fashion shop in east London to raise awareness of the spread of Ebola.

• 28 ноября 2014, 13:36

West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said on Sunday it will train 150 health workers this week to help tackle the deadly Ebola disease in the worst hit countries.

• 24 ноября 2014, 16:32

Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, had just called for an increase in the country's budget deficit so that it could battle Ebola.

• 19 ноября 2014, 14:44