CARPHA is urging Member States to continue to be vigilant and to step up surveillance at their ports of entry. This, following an announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 30th January, 2020, declaring the 2019-nCoV outbreak in Wuhan, China, as a Public Health Emergency of Internationa...
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ARPHA has activated its incident management team and is coordinating the Regional Health response to the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in light of the increased number of confirmed cases of infections in China and internationally.
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As at 9th January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified by Chinese authorities. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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The Caribbean remains the region of the Americas worst affected by the epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases.
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