Monkeypox
- 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…
- India
Monkeypox: Centre rushes team to Kerala after first case confirmed
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday rushed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to collaborate with the state health authorities in instituting public health measures in view of the confirmed case…
- 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…
- Technology
Instagram helps Italian fashion blogger identify monkeypox infection
New Delhi: Italian fashion blogger Maxim Sapozhnikov found out about his monkeypox infection via short videos posted on Instagram, the photo and video sharing social networking service. Along with a two-part video,…
- 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…
- World
Monkeypox only spreads through air during face-to-face contact: CDC
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…
- Health
Covid decline may be giving rise to other viruses like flu, TB: Report
Washington: Even as global cases of Covid-19 are on the decline, a number of other viruses such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, tuberculosis, and monkeypox are on the rise, and have…
- World
780 cases of monkeypox reported or identified as of June 2: WHO
United Nations: A total of 780 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported or identified since May 13 and as of June 2 from 27 countries across four WHO regions that are…
- India
UP: Sample of girl complaining rashes sent for monkeypox testing
New Delhi: After samples from a five-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, were sent for testing for monkeypox, government health sources have said that it is “unnecessary panic mongering” and that no…
- World
3rd monkeypox case detected in Australian state
Sydney: Health authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have detected the third case of monkeypox in a man who has recently returned from Europe. The man in his…
- World
WHO warns of further transmission of monkeypox
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…
