Considering the upcoming winter holidays and possible vacation trips abroad, the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Chairperson of the Public Health Committee of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Zhandarbek Bekshin, drew the attention of Kazakhstani people to the fact that in a number of countries the situation with infectious diseases is unfavorable transmits ortcom.kz.
“Plague: 19 cases were registered in the world, of which 16 cases were in Madagascar, 4 were fatal, 1 case was fatal in Bolivia, 1 case was in the USA, and 1 case was fatal in Peru,” Gendarbek Bekshin said During the press conference in Central Communications Service.
Informing about cholera, he noted that there were 251,542 cases registered in the world, of which 783 were fatal, including: in 15 countries in Africa (Zimbabwe - 7500 cases, 32 deaths), (Niger - 3,692 cases, 68 deaths) , (Kenya - 2,943 cases, 55 deaths), (Democratic Republic of the Congo - 1,747 cases, 36 deaths), (Angola - 1,370 cases, 20 deaths); in 4 Asian countries (Yemen - 229,118 cases, 326 deaths), (India - 120 cases, 13 deaths), (Saudi Arabia - 15 cases); in 4 countries of America: (Haiti - 492 cases, 1 lethal), (Chile - 31 cases), (Canada - 4 cases), (USA - 1 case with a lethal outcome).
On anthrax, Gendarbek Bekshin said that according to official data only, 175 fell ill. Of these, the incidence in 4 African countries deserves attention (Uganda - 83 cases), (Zimbabwe - 9 cases); in 4 countries of Asia (India - 30 cases), (China - 23 cases, 1 lethal), (Kyrgyzstan - 23 cases), (Georgia - 20 cases);
Ebola fever - it is registered in the Congo - 203 cases, of which 120 were lethal.
Dengue fever: there are 225,329 cases in the world, of which 276 are fatal. Including: in 3 countries of America (Paraguay - 1,167 cases, 5 fatal cases), (Brazil - 8,900 cases), (Chile - 14 cases); in 16 countries of Asia (Philippines - 62 632 cases, 64 lethal), (Malaysia - 36 191 cases, 59 lethal), (Thailand - 60 000 cases, 70 lethal), (Bangladesh - 6 694 cases, 17 lethal), (India - 1,900 cases, 1 lethal), (Myanmar - 1,200 cases, 8 lethal), (Pakistan - 669 cases, 1 lethal), (China - 18 cases), imported cases were registered in European countries (Russia - 59 imported cases from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, the Maldives) (Italy - 1 imported case from Thailand);
For diphtheria: 7 laboratory-confirmed cases of diphtheria have been registered in Ukraine. Situations were observed in Chernihiv, Kyiv and Lugansk regions. According to experts, the situation is associated with extremely low coverage of the population by preventive immunization. The main reason is the refusal of parents to vaccinate children. Immunization coverage against diphtheria in different age groups of children this year in Ukraine is about 40%, with the recommended indicator of the World Health Organization - not less than 95%. Given that the country does not provide the collective immunity of the child population from measles, diphtheria and other infections, the prognosis of infection is high.
On measles: this year a complication of the measles incidence situation is registered in the countries of the European Region, where as of November 1, 2018 more than 70 thousand cases were registered. Including in Ukraine (more than 40 thousand cases), Serbia (almost 5 thousand cases), France (2771), Italy (2599), Russia (2327), Thailand (2149), Georgia (1471), Israel (1401 ), Kyrgyzstan (448) and others. At the same time, 68 deaths from measles were registered. The growing incidence of measles in Europe is attributed to WHO with low coverage of measles vaccination.
