An isolation ward, comprising six beds, for people showing the symptoms of monkeypox (mpox) has been set up at the new Government General Hospital in Vijayawada. While as of August 26, Monday, there are no mpox cases in the country. The GGH authorities set up the ward on Sunday (August 26, 2024) as part of …
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, …
The Mpox virus is slowly increasing its count across the world, and has already reached where it should not be, crucial parts of South Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the entire world, with cases already having been reported in Pakistan and India, with the origins …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern as it found a new strain of the virus in parts of Africa. More than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths have been reported this year. Is this of concern to India? What is the origin of Mpox? Mpox is a …
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 …
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the viral infection a global public health emergency. (Photo: Shutterstock) 3 min read Last Updated : Aug 21 2024 | 2:43 PM IST Mpox infection updates: Thailand has become the latest country to report the viral deadly mpox (monkeypox) case in a European man who arrived from …
Thailand on Wednesday reported a suspected first case of the new more dangerous strain of mpox, which the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency. The patient is a European who travelled to Thailand from an African country, Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of the kingdom’s Department of Disease Control told AFP. Laboratory tests …
A day after state government guidelines were issued for responding to Mpox cases, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), announced the company is developing a vaccine against the disease with hopes for a “positive outcome” within a year, as reported by TOI. The new vaccine aims to address the risks posed by …
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 …