Many people living in Burundi are not aware of the seriousness of the Mpox. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated Mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years. The decision stemmed from the rapid spread of a new, extremely dangerous form of the virus across Africa. …
Home Health Mpox New Variant: All You Need to Know About ‘Deadlier’ Clade 1b Strain Detected in Thailand A new variant of Mpox has been detected in Thailand. Read on to know more about the symptoms, and spike in cases. Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain …
Health officials in Thailand have confirmed a case of the version of mpox that led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. The second instance of this deadlier version being reported outside Africa follows its recent detection in Sweden. Concerns about the virus’s wider spread are rising, particularly since this new version, …
Clade 1b causes death in about 3.6 percent of cases (Representational)). Kenya: Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, the health minister said on Thursday, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month. Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals …
Thailand so far has detected a staggering 800 mpox Clade 2 cases since 2022. (Representational) New Delhi: Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier Mpox virus strain has been confirmed in Thailand. The patient who has been tested positive for the new strain landed in Bangkok on August 14. The patient had travelled from …
Home Health Mpox Outbreak: Can The Virus Spread Via Droplets in Air? Here is What We Know Mpox is a raging outbreak that has become a global health scare. Here is all you need to know about transmission, symptoms and prevention. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared mpox a global health emergency of international …
The mpox vaccination drive will begin within a few days, according to Africa’s top public health agency. According to a Reuters report, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries would most likely administer the mpox vaccine within days. Vaccination …
Sweden became the first country outside Africa to report the mpox infection since the latest outbreak. 3 min read Last Updated : Aug 20 2024 | 10:11 AM IST Mpox outbreak latest updates: A suspected case of viral mpox, formerly called Monkeypox, was reported in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Monday, taking the total number of …