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 …
Thailand reported a case of the highly transmissible Clade 1b strain of Mpox this week amid growing concerns about a global outbreak. The case — the first to be reported from Asia — comes mere days after Sweden reported the first such case outside Africa. “The test results confirm that he is infected with the …
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 …
London: The UK on Wednesday announced new GBP 3.1 million funding to work with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to bolster the regional African response to outbreaks of Mpox and cholera in the country. The funding announcement follows a declaration from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the upsurge of Mpox in the …
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 …
Manila: The Philippines’ health minister said on Wednesday a recently detected mpox case in the Southeast Asian nation is of the mild Clade 2 variant and not the newer variant that has spread rapidly in Africa. “The mpox we found was the original variety and probably it could have been circulating in our community,” Health …
All the institutions across Jammu and Kashmir were directed to maintain high vigil for any exigency | Representative Image 2 min read Last Updated : Aug 21 2024 | 6:43 AM IST Though no case of Monkeypox was reported from anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities here on Tuesday reviewed the preparedness of …
Dakar: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries could start vaccinating against mpox within days, Africa’s top public health agency said on Tuesday. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has been working with countries experiencing mpox outbreaks on logistics and communication strategies to roll out vaccine doses that …
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 …