Monkeypox
- India
Second monkeypox case in India reported from Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has registered India’s second case of monkeypox, Health Minister Veena George said on Monday. A 31-year-old man, who had arrived from Dubai and was under treatment at the Pariyaram Medical…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Two-year-old tests negative for monkeypox
Amaravati: A two-year-old girl was suspected to have contracted monkeypox in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh but a blood test at the National Institute of Virology in Pune confirmed it to be negative. State…
- India
Suspected monkeypox case: Youth under observation in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: A man, who reached Kannur district in Kerala from a Middle East country, was admitted to the government medical college after he showed signs of monkeypox. The hospital authorities told IANS…
- India
Health Ministry issues guidelines for monkeypox management
New Delhi: A day after India registered its first monkeypox case, the Union Health Ministry on Friday issued guidelines for the management of the disease. The first laboratory-confirmed case of monkeypox was…
- Middle East
Second in Gulf, Saudi Arabia reports first case of monkeypox
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ministry of health on Thursday announced the detection of the first case of monkeypox in the Kingdom, making it the second Gulf country to report the…
- Middle East
Israel reports 11 new monkey pox cases, total increases to 66
Jerusalem: The number of monkey pox cases in Israel rose to 66 with 11 new cases reported, the state’s Health Ministry has said. In addition to the vaccines that have already been used…
- World
US to distribute monkeypox vaccines nationwide to curb outbreak
Washington: The White House said it will start distributing the monkeypox vaccines across the country to address the spread of the virus, focusing on people most at risk and communities with the…
- Middle East
Monkeypox not major concern during Haj 2022, says Saudi official
Riyadh: Ahead of Haj season this year, the government of Saudi Arabia is not too worried about Monkeypox impacting the pilgrimage adversely. While drawing the guidelines to perform Haj, the health ministry…
- World
Monkeypox an evolving threat, not a global health emergency: WHO
New Delhi: Monkeypox virus which 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…
- World
World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic
Washington: The current monkeypox outbreak, which has infected 3,417 people across 42 countries, has on Thursday been declared a pandemic by World Health Network (WHN), a global collaboration of scientific and citizen…
- Middle East
Lebanon detects first case of monkeypox
Beirut: Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Monday authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a person who returned from abroad and is now isolating at home. The ministry said the…