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DR Congo receives first mpox vaccine shipment to combat outbreak
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Democratic Republic of Congo has received its first shipment of mpox vaccines, a crucial step in combating an outbreak that has affected the country and prompted the World Health Organisation to declare a global health emergency last month.
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Mpox is no longer a "global health emergency": World Health Organisation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
He said that on Wednesday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended him that the multi-country outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern.
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India reports 2,109 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The active caseload in the country stood at 21,406 and the recovery rate at 98.77 per cent
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India reports 1,331 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
India reported 1,331 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
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Covid-19 global health emergency over: WHO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey
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WHO chief again asks China to share requested data on COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.
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WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus," the WHO chief told a media briefing, as quoted in a statement on the organization's website.
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Can Monkeypox spread through Sex? Check what experts have to say
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): After monkeypox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, concerns have emerged about sexual behaviour considering that the virus can be spread through close contact of any kind, including through kissing, touching, oral and
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Rapidly spreading Monkeypox cases is matter of concern: WHO's Dr Poonam Kh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Expressing concern over rapidly spreading cases of Monkeypox, the first Indian elected as Regional Director of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region said that with cases concentrated among men who have sex with men, it is possible to curtail fu
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WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 23 (ANI): Looking at the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries, the World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern.
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Monkeypox presently not a global health emergency: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 26 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) after convening a meeting said on Saturday that the Monkeypox presently does not amount to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
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Minimal SARS-CoV-2 diversity suggests global vaccine is feasible: Study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 2 (ANI): Genetic analysis of sequences from more than 27,000 individuals infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 reveals that the virus has mutated minimally since December 2019, suggesting one vaccine would be sufficient to combat global infections.
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