According to a tally released by the Syrian Ministry of Health, at least 7 people died in 3 Syrian governorates from cholera, while the disease was spreading in the country for the first time since 2009.

In another indication that polio, which has not been observed in the United States in a decade - is slowly spreading among people without a vaccine, polio virus was found in New York City's wastewater, U.S. health officials said.

After the World Health Organization declared a "state of health emergency with an international dimension" to confront monkeys due to an increase in infections globally, and according to new instructions issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Health, quarantine authorities at Cairo Airport have taken intensive precautionary measures to curb the spread of monkeys.

absolute the highest level of preparedness, confirming that the monkey pox outbreak "represents a public health emergency of international concern." WHO declared monkey pox a "global emergency", in an effort to contain the outbreak that has so far infected some 17 thousand people in 74 countries in addition to 5 deaths. "