News of outbreak

39 dead as Argentina suffers largest dengue outbreak since 2020

19-04-2023 14:28 Latest report from National Health Ministry confirms over 41,200 cases and 39 deaths across 15 provinces so far this year.

BIRD FLU

Some 260,000 birds killed by avian influenza in Argentina

09-03-2023 18:13 Some 260,000 birds, mostly chickens, have died in recent days in Argentina as avian influenza continues to spread among poultry.

DENGUE OUTBREAK

Bolivia on alert as 26 die from dengue fever

15-02-2023 16:49 Bolivia has recorded 26 deaths from dengue fever this year, with the outbreak pushing the health service in the eastern Santa Cruz region to the brink of collapse, the government said on Wednesday.

HEALTH

Legionnaires' outbreak in Tucumán claims sixth life

05-09-2022 16:42 Latest victim, who died late Sunday, was an 81-year-old patient with comorbidities who had been "in a serious condition" receiving treatment for pneumonia.

HEALTH

Legionnaires' disease claims fifth life in Tucumán

04-09-2022 16:48 Legionnaires' disease has claimed a fifth life among patients and staff at a clinic in the northern province of Tucumán, provincial health officials announced Sunday.

HEALTH

Health officials links four pneumonia deaths in Tucumán to Legionnaires' disease

03-09-2022 16:30 A fourth patient has died in the mysterious outbreak of a pneumonia of unknown origin in Tucumán, as a local outlet reports that at least one of the 11 infected have tested positive for Legionnaires' disease.

HEALTH

Health authorities investigate pneumonia cluster in Argentina; three dead

02-09-2022 17:27 Illnesses have been centred around a private medical clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, located in the northwest part of the country.

HEALTH

Pneumonia of 'unknown origin' kills three in Tucumán

01-09-2022 09:39 Provincial health authorities say three people have died and four others are suffering with bilateral pneumonia. Experts rule out Covid, influenza and Hantavirus as culprits but are continuing to run more tests.

Covid-19

Sydney residents banned from leaving city as coronavirus cluster grows

23-06-2021 00:35 More than 30 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since a cluster emerged in Sydney last week, the latest in a string of Australian flare-ups.