#DISEASE

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, posing a significant medical threat to populations around Europe, health experts warn.

China has announced a ban on the import of beef, lamb and related products from Poland and Croatia, citing an outbreak of bluetongue disease.

Poland has recorded its first outbreak of the animal-killing bluetongue disease, after three test results from a herd in the south of the country came back positive.

Health authorities in Poland have warned that a mutated polio virus that is potentially harmful to humans has been found in the capital’s sewage system.

Elite police snipers in the Czech Republic have been deployed on a ‘search and destroy’ mission to track down and kill as many wild boars infected with the contagious African Swine Fever (ASF) as possible.

The Czech Republic recorded 17 cases of the deadly ovine disease Bluetongue last week, raising the national total of the recent outbreak to 45 cases.

A man who was swept away in raging floods has become the Czech Republic’s first victim of ‘rat disease’ after he swallowed contaminated water.

Highly contagious ‘whooping cough’ disease has returned to Poland, with 12,497 cases reported in the first eight months of 2024.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has issued a warning about the spread of invasive mosquitoes carrying tropical diseases.

Poles took 27 million sick leaves in 2023, with the average length of absence being 10 days, as reported by the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS).