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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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US may face more monkeypox cases before numbers go down
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States may see more cases of monkeypox before the numbers go down, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky said on Friday.
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India confirms second case of Monkeypox: Here's all you need to know about
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): India reported its second case of monkeypox in Kerala's Kannur district on July 18. A 31-year-old man has contracted the infection and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. The first case of the monkeypox virus also originated in India on July
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India reports second confirmed Monkeypox case from Kerala
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 18 (ANI): India reported the second confirmed Monkeypox case from Kannur district on Monday, confirmed officials from Union Health Ministry and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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5 things you need to know about Monkeypox- Here's what experts have to say
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): With India reporting its first monkeypox case in Kerala on Thursday and the global outbreak of the disease continues, here's everything you need to know about the virus.
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Holborn Wells India develops monkeypox real-time PCR detection kit
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Holborn Wells India has developed a real-time PCR kit for the detection of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) in response to the recent spread of the virus in various countries. The test has been developed in coordination with Holborn Wells, Unite
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COVID-19 cases on rise in 110 countries: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic is changing but it is not over and warned that the cases are rising in 110 nations.
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Emergency nature of monkeypox requires intense response efforts, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that though Monkeypox presently does not amount to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the emergency nature of the event requires intense response efforts.
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Pakistan govt asks national and provincial health authorities to look for
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): As the Pakistan Health Ministry confirmed the lack of facilities for diagnostic tests for the Monkeypox virus the federal government on Monday issued a high alert in the country.
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Private company announces development of RT-PCR based kit for Monkeypox Vi
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): A medical devices company on Friday announced to have developed a real-time RT-PCR-based kit for the detection of Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus) virus.
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Monkeypox virus detected in Portugal less aggressive, researcher says
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], May 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The monkeypox virus circulating in Portugal belongs to a less aggressive lineage spreading in West Africa, the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge said Tuesday.
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Massachusetts public health officials confirm case of monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], May 19 (ANI): The US' Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts said in a press release.
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