Falsified and contaminated Defibrotide identified in WHO regions of Western Pacific, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean This alert relates to falsified DEFIBROTIDE 200MG VIALS OF 2.5ML (80MG/ML) CONCENTRATE FOR SOLUTION FOR INFUSION identified in Australia, Latvia and Saudi Arabia. This product is sold under the brand name Defitelio. On 13 March 2020, the WHO Global Surveillance and…
Indonesia recently completed the last of its annual large-scale treatment for lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis or Penyakit Kaki Gajah) in Malaka District located in its southernmost province, East Nusa Tenggara. Unprecedented progress by the National Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme has strongly placed the country on the path to achieving the elimination of lymphatic filariasis…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 Low-Risk Patient Quarantine and Treatment Centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) in Serdang near here is expected to receive patients next week. Mardi Corp Group chief executive officer Zaidi Shahrim however said so far, it had no information on the exact date when the authorities would send the…
NEW YORK: One medical worker called it “insane”, another said it induces paranoia – the speed with which patients are dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop such sudden deterioration. Patients “look fine, feel fine, then you turn around and they’re unresponsive”,…
This Medical Product Alert relates to a number of confirmed falsified chloroquine products circulating in the WHO region of Africa. Please note that this Medical Product Alert n°4/2020 will be updated as new reports of falsified chloroquine are received and validated by WHO. Between 31 March and 2 April 2020, the WHO global surveillance and monitoring…
PETALING JAYA: Taking to Twitter with photographs of homeless people receiving shelter, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said criticisms are needed for improvements. “We were criticised almost daily, but I think it’s ok. We need criticism in order to improve. Just be patient and remain steadfast in doing our level best during this…
WASHINGTON: The new coronavirus isn’t biased about who it infects – so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? Experts say blacks are disproportionately impacted by underlying health conditions linked to poverty, face discrimination in medical care, and are more likely…
PUTRAJAYA: All Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) patients should be treated as Covid-19 circumstances till confirmed in any other case, mentioned Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix). He mentioned 12 healthcare employees have been suspected of contracting Covid-19 after they have been contaminated whereas treating pneumonia or SARI patients. “So protection is very…
PUTRAJAYA: A vaccine for Covid-19 is predicted to be obtainable in the market in about a 12 months as checks and analysis on it’s nonetheless on the early section, in line with Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He stated the World Health Organisation (WHO) are nonetheless wanting into a few compounds and analysis…
PETALING JAYA: The loss of life of a Malaysian preacher in the Indian city of Araria on Thursday has raised alarms, though authorities have but to substantiate the precise trigger of his demise. Md Khairani Lookman, 65, reached the northern Indian city after having landed in New Delhi on March 6, which is 1,300km away…