A 2016 analysis by the Rand Corporation, a US think-tank, found that of the 25 countries in the world that were most vulnerable to infectious outbreaks, 22 were in Africa — the others were Afghanistan, Yemen and Haiti. Source: Internet
Academics have said the way that Public Health England (PHE), the government agency responsible for managing infectious disease outbreaks, calculates the figures means they might look worse there than in other countries of the United Kingdom. Source: Internet
According to him, the device would help check road accidents which in most cases had led to product spillages, fire outbreaks and loss of lives. Source: Internet
A brief history was given about other recent virus outbreaks, including SARS which broke out in the early 2000s. Source: Internet
According to the CDC, over the last two months outbreaks on three cruise ships have caused more than 800 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States among passengers and crew, including 10 deaths. Source: Internet
According to the BBC, there are outbreaks in South Korea, Italy and Iran, and 77,000 people have contracted the disease while 2,600 have died. Source: Internet