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Two more people have died from a new strain of avian influenza, bringing to 20 the number of deaths from the H7N9 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
Chinese authorities have notified the WHO of six new cases, bringing the total to 102. Of those, 70 are still in hospital and 12 have been discharged. Five of the new cases were in Zhejiang province and one was in Shanghai.
"Until the source of infection has been identified, it is expected that there will be further cases of human infection with the virus in China," the WHO said In a statement.
At least 5 people in Iran have died after being treated with Chinese penicillin, head of Iranian Society of experts on internal diseases, doctor Iraj Khosravinia said, Young Journalists' club website reported.
"A 40 year old man with a throat disease was injected with Penicillin, after prescription from his physician," Khosravinia said.
"After the injection, he started having chills, fever, his blood pressure level dropped, and he died in 15 minutes."
The Red Crescent Society of Turkey is going to render aid to the earthquake area of Iran, 'TRT Haber' TV channel reported.
The preparatory works are being conducted now in order to send aid to the earthquake zone of Iran.
On Tuesday, an earthquake measuring about 7.5 points was recorded on the Iran-Pakistan border. The earthquake focus was at a depth of about 18 kilometers.
The earthquake was also felt in the neighboring Arab countries, as well as in the Indian capital New Delhi.
Some 70 Syrian soldiers fighting against militants received medical treatment in Turkey last month, the mayor of the central district of Hatay, Antakya, has revealed Hurriyetdailynews reported.
Lutfu Savash said wounded Syrian soldiers had asked for help from Turkish soldiers on the border and received treatment in hospitals in Antakya.
Six Syrians were treated at a hospital in Israel for injuries sustained in the conflict and repatriated Wednesday, the Israeli military said, dpa reported.
They were among seven Syrians admitted to a hospital in the northern city of Safed, where some underwent surgery.
The military said the group had approached Israeli troops in the north of the occupied Golan Heights on February 16, and asked for medical treatment.
The six were "released at an undisclosed location for their own safety," while one remained in hospital, the military said.
Typhoid has broken out in an opposition-held region of Syria due to people drinking contaminated water from the Euphrates River, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, al Jazeera reported.
An estimated 2,500 people in northeastern Deir az-Zor province have been infected with the contagious disease, which causes diarrhoea and can be fatal, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
About 60 per cent of Syrian refugees residing on the Turkish-Syrian border are children, Anadolu agency reported on Monday.
This shows that 10,000 out of 17,000 refugees residing at the Atma camp on the Turkish border with Syria, are children under the age of 16.
It is reported that the Turkish government has created all the necessary conditions for children living in the most difficult conditions, to continue their education. In particular, schools were constructed and teachers speaking Arabic were involved.
Iranian hospitals experience great shortage of quality anaesthetics, the Board Chairman of Iran's Anesthesiology Society, Mohammad Mehdi Qiyamet said, Deutche Welle reported.
"These three anaesthetics are rare here in Iran. In one of hospitals, two days without these drugs caused big problems for the patients," Qiyamet noted.
ULTIVA (remifentanil HCl), Cisatracurium besilate, and Sevoflurane are the drugs, that Iran is facing shortages with, according to Qiyamet.
Three hundred people have been afflicted with cancer in Iran's central Markazi province due to Shazand power plant pollutions, ISNA quoted MP Mohammad-Hassan Asafari as saying.
Air in the city of Arak, which is the capital city of Markazi province, is polluted 250 days in a year.
"This is just due to the operation of the Shazand power plant, but and there is no commitment to remove the pollution in the city," he added.
