Monkeypox
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Too soon to tell whether monkeypox could become next pandemic: WHO
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…
- Middle East
UAE records three new cases of monkeypox virus
Abu Dhabi: The UAE Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that it had detected three new cases of monkeypox in the country, which has recently spread in several countries in the world,…
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Monkeypox spreads to more than 20 countries: WHO
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…
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US confirms 9 monkeypox cases
Los Angeles: The US has confirmed nine monkeypox cases across seven states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. “These cases were suspected by local clinicians. They were…
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Monkeypox doesn’t spread easily by air like COVID-19: US CDC
Washington: Amid the recent scare of monkeypox spreading rapidly to over a dozen countries, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dispelled fears saying that the virus doesn’ spread…
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Monkeypox primarily spread via sexual contact, but containable: WHO
New Delhi: The current outbreak of the monkeypox virus is primarily spreading through sex among men, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that the virus is “containable”. First reported on…