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First Batch Of Mpox Vaccine Doses Arrives In Congo, Epicentre Of Outbreak

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First Batch Of Mpox Vaccine Doses Arrives In Congo, Epicentre Of Outbreak

This first delivery amounts to 99,000 doses. (Representational) Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has prompted the U.N. to declare a global public health emergency. Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak, which has spread to neighbouring…

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Deadly Mpox Outbreak Strikes US Prison, Infecting Multiple Inmates

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Deadly Mpox Outbreak Strikes US Prison, Infecting Multiple Inmates

The WHO reported nearly 103,000 confirmed cases worldwide. The World Health Organisation declared the last mpox global emergency over in May 2023. And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible strain of the virus has killed over 600 people. New cases have recently appeared…

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UNICEF Launches Emergency Tender For Mpox Vaccines To Help Hard-Hit Nations

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UNICEF Launches Emergency Tender For Mpox Vaccines To Help Hard-Hit Nations

More than 18,000 suspected cases of mpox have been reported in the DRC so far. (Representational) Geneva: UNICEF said Saturday that it has launched an emergency tender for mpox vaccines to help countries hardest hit by the recent outbreak of the disease. “The emergency tender is designed to secure immediate access to available mpox vaccines…

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WHO Says Droplets A Minor Route Of Mpox Spread. What We Know So Far

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WHO Says Droplets A Minor Route Of Mpox Spread. What We Know So Far

Mpox has symptoms similar to smallpox, although less severe, according to WHO. (File) New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that droplets were a “minor” route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more research is required to understand how the virus spreads. The UN health agency declared mpox a…

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Philippines Confirms 2 New Mpox Cases, Says They Are “Milder Variant”

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Philippines Confirms 2 New Mpox Cases, Says They Are “Milder Variant”

The disease caused by the monkeypox leads to flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions (Representational). Manila: The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of active cases to three. “We continue to see local transmission of mpox clade II here in…

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14-Bed Ward Reserved At Mumbai Hospital For Mpox As Precautionary Measure

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14-Bed Ward Reserved At Mumbai Hospital For Mpox As Precautionary Measure

The Swedish government also confirmed its first case of Mpox. (Representational) Mumbai: A 14-bed ward has been reserved at Seven Hills Hospital in Maharashtra’s Mumbai as a precautionary measure regarding Monkeypox infection. There is no single case of monkeypox in the Mumbai metropolitan area, however, measures were taken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as…

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Mpox Death Count Crosses 570 As Congo Awaits Vaccines

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Mpox Death Count Crosses 570 As Congo Awaits Vaccines

Mpox is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals (representational) Kinshasa, DR Congo: Mpox cases and deaths are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday. The count this year has risen in…

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Pakistan Confirms Mpox Case Detected Last Week Not New Strain

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Pakistan Confirms Mpox Case Detected Last Week Not New Strain

“The virus has been classified as Clade 2b,” Pak health ministry said. (Representational) Islamabad, Pakistan: A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials said Monday. The mpox diagnosis in a 34-year-old man recently returned from a Gulf country was declared by health officials on…

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