"monkeypox"

Ottawa: Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has confirmed a total of 278 cases of monkeypox in the country as of June 29. The cases had been reported nationally, including four cases from British Columbia, five from Alberta, 67 from Ontario and 202 from Quebec, the top doctor said on Thursday. Tam reiterated that […]

New Delhi: Amid a monkeypox outbreak in several countries, researchers here have said that the possibility of the disease becoming a pandemic is low, and that the virus can be contained by strong surveillance, isolation of confirmed cases, contact tracing, and ‘off-label use’ of smallpox vaccines for ‘ring vaccination’. The group of public health and […]

London: Latest data released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the country has reached 1,076. According to UKHSA, up to June 26, 2022, there were 1,076 laboratory confirmed cases in the UK. Of these, 27 were in Scotland, five in Northern Ireland, nine in Wales and […]

New Delhi: Monkeypox virus that has been identified in more than 50 countries with over 3,000 cases since the early May, is an “evolving threat” but does not currently present a global health emergency, said the World Health Organization (WHO). Calling the monkeypox virus “unusual and concerning”, the global health body last week planned to convene […]

New Delhi: A coalition of scientists formed against the Covid-19 threat has declared the Monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Global Concern. This comes days after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee has been convened due to the spread of the Monkeypox virus to […]

London: Some gay and bisexual men, who are at a higher risk of contracting monkeypox, should be offered a vaccine, say the UK health officials. According to the BBC, this could help to control the recent outbreak of the rare virus in the UK in which 793 people have been infected so far. The report […]

New Delhi: A total of 42 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, have reported 2,103 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox, since the beginning of the year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The global health body has, in a significant move, dropped the endemic country distinction for monkeypox in bid to unify responses. “We are removing […]

Santiago: The Ministry of Health has confirmed Chile’s first case of monkeypox in a young adult who had been to Europe. The patient, a resident of Chile’s Metropolitan region, came down with a sudden vesicular rash accompanied by swelling lymph nodes, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by the ministry. The patient was in […]

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering changing the name of the monkeypox virus to tackle the stigma and racism associated with it. The organisation is “working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its clades and the disease it causes,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the […]

Ottawa: Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam confirmed a total of 112 cases of monkeypox in the country. Speaking at a health briefing, Tam said that these confirmed cases had been reported nationally, including one case in British Columbia, four in Alberta, nine in Ontario and 98 in Quebec, reports Xinhua news agency. “The […]

New York: Amid the rising cases of monkeypox, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that it can spread through the air but only through ‘sustained’ face-to-face contact with an infected person. In a briefing on Friday, CDC chief Rochelle Walensky said monkeypox was being passed on through physical contact with symptomatic […]

Washington: Global cases of the monkeypox virus have surpassed 1,000, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said and urged people to take extra precautions. As of June 6, 1,019 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in 29 countries, according to the CDC. The UK has recorded the most cases, 302 suspected […]

Ottawa: Canada has confirmed 58 cases of monkeypox, the country’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said. Speaking to reporters at a health briefing, Tam said the confirmed cases have been reported nationally, including 52 cases from Quebec, five from Ontario and one from Alberta, reports Xinhua news agency. She said the risk of exposure […]

New Delhi: The increase in monkeypox cases has led to a rash of social media posts, many claiming the chimpanzee adenovirus vector used in AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is behind the outbreak and some suggesting the infection is basically shingles and a “well-known” side effect of the jab. Experts that PTI spoke to said both claims, […]

Copenhagen: The WHO has said that it aimed to contain the monkeypox outbreak by stopping human transmission to the maximum extent possible, warning that the potential for further transmission in Europe and elsewhere this summer is high. In a statement, the WHO on Tuesday added that its European Region “remained at the epicenter of the largest […]

Geneva: It may be too early to say whether the recent monkeypox outbreak, which has spread to 24 nations with over 435 confirmed cases, could lead to a global pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The global health body, however, noted that there is a “window” of opportunity to curb rising cases, CNBC reported. […]

Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Monday issued special instructions to all national and provincial health authorities to remain on high alert for any suspected case of monkeypox. According to a Radio Pakistan report, the Ministry of National Health Services is closely monitoring the situation and has debunked information circulating on social media about monkeypox cases […]

London: Amid the rising number of monkeypox cases, a new report says that it may never be eliminated because too many infections are going under the radar and pet animals could continue to harbour the virus. Monkeypox may now be endemic in the UK and Europe, leading experts have warned as the virus normally confined to […]

New Delhi: Medical devices company Trivitron Healthcare on Friday announced it has developed the real-time PCR-based kit for the detection of monkeypox virus in India. Monkeypox, once endemic to countries in West and Central Africa, is spreading at a fast pace globally — with about 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases in over 20 […]

New Delhi: The monkeypox virus has spread to more than 20 countries, with about 200 confirmed cases and over 100 suspected cases in nations where it is typically not found, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The global health body has urged nations to increase surveillance of the infectious disease as outbreaks grow. According to […]