The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared monkeypox a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’.
Japan yesterday confirmed its first case of monkeypox, detected in a man in his 30s who had travelled overseas, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike
Early measures would go a long way in preventing another outbreak
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox here.
The European Union will sign an agreement with an undisclosed vaccine maker on Tuesday for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox to be delivered from the end of June, the EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said.
A man was sent to Jashore General Hospital with suspected symptoms of monkeypox, on return from India yesterday (June 10, 2022).
The Turkish citizen, who was sent to a Dhaka hospital earlier this noon with rashes on his body, is not a monkeypox case, health officials said.
Total confirmed cases of monkeypox across Portugal and Spain have surpassed 250, health authorities reported on Wednesday, as the Iberian Peninsula remains the main hot spot of the recent outbreak.
Ireland has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, the country's health agency said on Saturday.
Monkeypox has emerged as a new concern in a world ravaged by Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that no deaths have been reported, monkeypox cases have been detected in 12 countries across Europe, North America, and Australia.
Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates detected on Tuesday the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in a young woman who traveled from West Africa.