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Ten southern localities of Vietnam have reported 117 monkey pox cases, including six deaths, according to the Institute Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. more
Cambodian man diagnosed with monkeypox: Reports

A 28-year-old man has been diagnosed with monkeypox in Cambodia, becoming the second person tested positive for the virus since July last year, the health ministry said in a statement on ...

Mpox public health emergency declared over

New York: The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus which began around a year ago was no longer a public he ...

Mpox:WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease

Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously fo ...

Sri Lanka reports first monkeypox case

Colombo: Sri Lanka, a nation which was hit by economic crisis in recent times, has reported its first Monkeypox virus infection case, media reports said on Friday.

Vaccine expected to induce strong monkeypox virus immune response, research reveals

Melbourne: New research suggests recommended vaccinia virus (VACV)-based vaccines will mount a robust immune response against the monkeypox virus observed in the current outbreak (MPXV-20 ...

Onset of northern winter could see spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths

New York: Although COVID-19 deaths have decreased across the world, numbers could rise as northern countries head into winter, senior officials from UN health agency WHO have warned.

World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022

New York: There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World H ...

Chile: Monkeypox cases surpass 200

Buenos Aires: The number of registered monkeypox cases has surpassed 200 in Chile, the country’s Ministry of Health informs.

Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO

New York: Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, and 12 deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) r ...