While you are afraid of Covid, there is an outbreak of other diseases Source: (https://twitter.com/bactiman63) 1) In Limpopo province, 60 measles cases, affecting four districts: Capricorn, Greater Sekhukhune, Mopani, and Waterberg, which have all been declared measles outbreak areas. Vhembe district with two laboratory-confirmed measles cases did not meet the measles outbreak criteria. 2) The Epidemiology Bureau of the Philippines Department of Health, in an update today, now reports 515 cumulative measles cases through November 5 this year. This is a more than 200 percent increase in cases (201%) compared to the same period in 2021 when 171 cses were reported. Regions reporting the most cases include Calabarzon (93), the Central Visayas (67) and Metro Manila (64). One death was reported this year to date in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). 3) Tick-borne pathogens (https://bit.ly/3EMmn5j), known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada - presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected. The findings from researchers at McGill University and the University of Ottawa demonstrate the need for more comprehensive testing and tracking to detect the spread and potential risk of tick-borne pathogens to human and wildlife populations throughout Canada. "Most people know that diseases can be transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks. Ticks can carry and spread several disease agents, called pathogens, that can make people and animals sick," explains Kirsten Crandall, a PhD candidate under the joint supervision of McGill University Professor Virginie Millien and University of Ottawa Professor Jeremy Kerr. "While the bacteria that causes Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne pathogen in Canada, other tick-borne pathogens are moving in," she adds. 4) Iranian health officials have reported a significant increase in Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases in deaths in 2022 compared to recent years. Since March, Iran reported 78 CCHF cases, including nine deaths. Last year (March 2021-March 2022), 13 persons were diagnosed with CCHF in the country, a 500 percent increase, of whom 2 died, and a year before that, CCHF infected 40 people and claimed 5 lives. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The CCHF virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks, with a case fatality rate of 10-40%. Animals become infected by the bite of infected ticks and the virus remains in their bloodstream for about one week after infection, allowing the tick-animal-tick cycle to continue when another tick bites. Although a number of tick genera are capable of becoming infected with CCHF virus, ticks of the genus Hyalomma are the principal vector.