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Brasilia: Brazil has confirmed the country’s first monkeypox-related death, according to the Health Ministry. The case was reported on Friday in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeast Minas Gerais state, and the victim was a 41-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for other serious clinical conditions, including cancer, and whose health deteriorated after getting infected, […]
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London: Common symptoms of monkeypox virus such as rectal pain and penile swelling (oedema) differ from those described in previous outbreaks and are more prevalent, according to a study. The study, published by The BMJ, identifies important differences in monkeypox symptoms between the current outbreak and previous outbreaks in endemic regions. For the study, researchers […]
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Geneva: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Europe and the Americas have been the hardest hit by the global monkeypox outbreak. Addressing reporters here, the WHO chief said these two regions have reported 95 per cent of the diagnosed cases, and warned against stigma and discrimination against people […]
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Hyderabad: One more person with suspected symptoms of monkeypox, with recent travel history, has been identified by the local surveillance teams in Khammam and is being admitted to Fever Hospital, the nodal centre identified for treatment of monkeypox positive cases in Telangana. The blood and lesion samples from the suspected monkeypox patient will be collected […]
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With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring monkeypox as a global health emergency, the healthcare administration must gear up to meet the new challenge without spreading panic. India has learnt some hard lessons from the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, scaled up its healthcare infrastructure and response systems and, therefore, is now in a better position to […]
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Hyderabad: With multiple Indian States including Telangana either reporting confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox, senior public health officials and seasonal disease experts in Hyderabad have urged people not to unnecessarily panic but to make themselves aware about the disease and take precautions accordingly. So far, no one has died of monkeypox infection and to […]
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New Delhi: India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far – three from Kerala and one from Delhi – the latest being that of a 34-year-old man in the national capital with no history of foreign travel testing positive for the disease. The patient, who is presently recovering at an isolation centre at the […]
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Hyderabad: Samples collected from a man with suspected symptoms of Monkeypox were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on Monday. Five types of samples of the 40-year-old man currently in isolation at Fever Hospital in Hyderabad were collected and sent to the lab. The samples include swab from throat, blood, urine, from […]
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Hyderabad: A middle-aged man from Kamareddy district with a recent travel history to Kuwait has developed suspected symptoms of monkeypox and has been admitted to Fever Hospital, Nallakunta on Sunday night. The alert local disease surveillance teams at Kamareddy district isolated the individual when he developed fever, headache, muscle aches, accompanied with lesions, which are […]
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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public health emergency of international concern. The global health body said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. “WHO’s assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and […]