Monday 16 November 2020

PRO/EDR> Melioidosis - Viet Nam: (QB) flooding, fatal

Melioidosis -- Vietnam
A Quang Binh Province official who spent days in floodwaters in October 2020 managing relief efforts died of a bacterial infection this week. The official, the People's Committee Chairman of Bac Trach Commune in Bo Trac District, [aged] 51, caught a fever and was hospitalized, said Nguyen Van Thuy, deputy chairman of the district. He had reportedly suffered from a slight injury to his knee but carried on evacuating people and wading in floodwaters to distribute essential items to people in

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7947825&promed&0

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