Sentences with phrase «virus hits the country»

About 300 people have been killed by the disease, which is spread by mosquitoes and kills about 8 % of people who contract it since July 2017, causing concerns about an epidemic if the virus hits the country's densely populated cities.

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The country's official Twitter account also put out a statement: «Some of our gov agencies, private firms were hit by a virus.

Brazil has been the hardest hit country by the mosquito - borne virus, with 1.5 million cases of active Zika transmission.

Chairul Nidom of Airlangga University in Surabaya, Indonesia, and colleagues in Japan, have been tracking H5N1 in pigs since 2005 in Indonesia, the country hardest hit by the avian flu virus.

And the World Health Organization predicted Tuesday that the deadly virus could lead to 5,000 to 10,000 new cases a week in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the hardest - hit countries.

«The deadly Ebola virus has infected two people in what was the last untouched district in Sierra Leone, the government said Thursday, a setback in efforts to stop the spread of the disease in one of the hardest - hit countries.

«Guinea - Bissau is closing its border with Guinea, one of the west African countries hardest hit by the deadly Ebola virus, Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira said Tuesday, cited by AFP.

«The Ivory Coast announced Monday that it has banned all flights from countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus.

Donald (Carlyle, Eragon) is a father living in London, waiting for the arrival of his son Andy (Muggleton) and daughter Tammy (Poots), who had been away from the country when the virus hit.