Pakistan’s battle against mpox intensified as Peshawar reported its fourth case this year, raising fears that the city may be emerging as a hub for patients arriving from Gulf region. The latest patient, a 47-year-old man, tested positive after returning from the Gulf region and being isolated by Border Health Services staff on 29 August. … Read more
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine alliance, Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday. Depending on the production capacity of manufacturers, agreements for up to 12 million doses … Read more
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Pakistan has confirmed its third case of the mpox virus, previously known as monkeypox, at Bacha Khan International Airport, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Health Director Dr Irshad Ali Roghani. This comes as global concern grows over the new Clade 1b variant, recently identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a public health emergency … Read more
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GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) met with leaders of UN agencies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday to address the ongoing mpox outbreak that is affecting the region. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, reported via X that the meeting focused on a unified approach to managing the outbreak, … Read more
Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene promoter, during an awareness campaign for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja camp for the internally displaced in Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic … Read more
Health authorities in Balochistan confirmed a new case of the Congo virus on Friday as the country remains on high alert due to the ongoing global mpox outbreak. The virus, known scientifically as Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), carries a fatality rate ranging from 10% to 40%, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This means … Read more
BANGKOK: Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wednesday. Thai authorities were treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 form of mpox, as the person, a 66-year-old European … Read more
Mpox, a viral infection that causes pus-filled lesions and flu-like symptoms, is usually mild but can kill NEW YORK: A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread. “We can and … Read more
Listen to article The health department of the Philippines announced that it has discovered a new case of the mpox virus, the first to be reported since December of last year. However, the government stated on Monday that it was still awaiting test results to identify the strain. The Department of Health (DOH) said that the patient … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday instructed authorities to maintain strict vigilance against the spread of Monkeypox (mpox) after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared its outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. During a high-level meeting on the measures being taken to curb the spread of the mpox virus, the prime minister … Read more