Monkeypox Scare

London : Mpox, earlier known as Monkeypox, has been circulating in humans since 2016, before sparking a global health emergency in 2022, according to a research. Mpox virus is transmitted primarily through close physical contact…

Rome : Italy has started vaccinating people against monkeypox.Spallanzani Hospital, Rome's main infectious disease hospital, said that 10 people were vaccinated on Monday, and it expected to vaccinate more than 200 people, reports Xinhua…

Quito : Ecuador has confirmed three new cases of monkeypox, raising the country's total number of cases to 10, including one fatality, the Public Health Ministry said."One person died on Monday as a result of his pre-existing ailments," the…

Los Angeles : The US government has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, more than a week after the World Health Organization qualified the outbreak as a global emergency. "We are prepared to take our response to the next level…

Ottawa : The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed 890 cases of monkeypox in the country.The health agency said that of the confirmed cases as of Wednesday, 423 cases are from Ontario, 373 from Quebec, 78 from British Columbia, 13 from…

Tokyo : Japan's health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox.The smallpox vaccine approved by the ministry is thought to be 85 per cent effective against monkeypox, health officials…

California : California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus in order to "bolster the state's vaccination efforts". "California is working urgently across all levels of…

New Delhi : The Centre has formed a task force to monitor monkeypox cases in the country.According to a source from the Union Health Ministry, the task force will also provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic…

Chennai : A 35-year-old man who arrived at Tiruchi airport on Friday and had a skin rash -- a symptom of monkeypox, is kept in isolation at Pudukkottai Medical College Hospital in Tamil Nadu.The man was sent to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial…

Thiruvananthapuram : After a 22-year-old youth who reached Palakkad district of Kerala from a middle eastern country died on Sunday, the state health department has asked the district health officials to create a route map of his trip ever…