Monkeypox

No cases of mpox Clade 1b have been detected in Saudi Arabia despite the global outbreak, the Saudi Public Health Authority confirmed on Saturday. The authority stressed that the Kingdom was prepared to face all types of health threats…
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Uganda has detected its first two cases of mpox (monkeypox), the Health Ministry said on Saturday, a day after the Africa Union allocated $10.4 million in funding to combat the outbreak. The cases were discovered in the western border…
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The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that its emergency committee had determined that monkeypox should continue to be classified as a global health emergency. Following a meeting on October 20 about the virus that suddenly…
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Experts have warned that the only way to catch "monkeypox" is inside the grocery store. Stuart Campbell-Ray, vice president of medicine for data integrity and analytics, and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, told Eat This,…
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Sudan says it has detected the country’s first case of the Monkeypox virus in the conflict-wrecked Darfur region. The Health Ministry said late Sunday that the 16-year-old student’s case was discovered last week in West Darfur province.…
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The Philippines has detected its first case of Monkeypox in a person with a history of overseas travel, officials said Friday. The announcement comes within a week of the World Health Organization declaring the Monkeypox outbreak a…
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The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against Monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared Monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday. “The European…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said the expanding Mnkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. Saturday’s declaration could spur further investment in treating…
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Faced with a surge in Monkeypox cases, the head of the World Health Organization is Saturday expected to declare if the agency has decided to classify the outbreak as a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound. Tedros…
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Today, Thursday, India recorded the first case of monkeypox in the southern state of Kerala, in a person coming from the United Arab Emirates. The Times of India quoted Kerala's health director as saying: "The first case of monkeypox has…
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