A World Health Organization official on Tuesday emphasized that mpox, whether the old or new strain, is not comparable to COVID-19 because its spread is controllable. Authorities know the measures necessary to contain its transmission. “We can and must tackle mpox together,” stated Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, during a media briefing. “So …
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Union Health Ministry on Monday (August 19, 2024) said the strain of monkeypox virus currently in circulation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and more than a dozen African countries is virulent and has a death rate of 3% as opposed to 0.1% from the …
The story so far: Ahead of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) emergency committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the health agency regraded the ongoing multi-country mpox outbreak to an “acute” grade 3 emergency in a report published on Monday, August 12. An mpox outbreak is sweeping through west, central, and east African countries, …
A new strain of monkeypox virus is “the most dangerous” yet and could be a global threat, experts say. The new clade Ib virus emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spread to Rwanda’s border. Experts say this mpox strain spreads in “worrying” ways and could end up on an airplane. A deadly and fast-spreading …
South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease. The health ministry said Thursday that a 38-year-old man died in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Wednesday, the same day a laboratory test confirmed that he had contracted the virus. Another …