MonkeyPox Disease

Washington : The monkeypox virus has likely infected more than 700 people worldwide, including 21 in the US, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has said. Although overall health risk to the public remains low right now,…

Ottawa : Canada has confirmed 58 cases of monkeypox, the country's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said. Speaking to reporters at a health briefing, Tam said the confirmed cases have been reported nationally, including 52 cases from…

Los Angeles : Los Angeles County in the west of the US confirmed the first presumptive case of monkeypox infection. The first suspected case of monkeypox was confirmed on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. The patient is an adult…

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 50s developed mild symptoms several days after arriving in…

New Delhi : After claiming that the monkeypox infections, now spread to about 30 countries with more than 550 confirmed cases, can be contained, the World Health Organisation has admitted that it is not sure whether the virus can be kept in…

Geneva : The monkeypox virus may be spreading 'undetected', said the World Health Organisation even as the global confirmed cases rise to more than 550 from 30 countries that are not endemic to the virus. While, so far, most cases have been…

Madrid : The Spanish Ministry of Health has confirmed 12 new monkeypox cases, raising the total caseload to 132. Spain, followed by the UK, becomes the country with the most detected cases of the disease in the current outbreak, Xinhua news…

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 elsewhere this summer is high. In…

New Delhi : In view of the increasing number of Monkeypox cases being reported from the non-endemic countries, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued 'Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease'. The guidelines have been issued as…

Islamabad : The Pakistan government on Monday issued special instructions to all national and provincial health authorities to remain on high alert for any suspected case of monkeypox. According to a Radio Pakistan report, the Ministry of…