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"We believe Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped": WHO
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 (ANI): A high-level World Health Organization (WHO) official on Tuesday said the rapidly spreading Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped with the right strategies.
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White House calls for coordinated Int'l response to combat Monkeypox outbr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): After the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday declared the Monkeypox virus a public health emergency of international concern, the White House said that a coordinated international response is the need of the hour to end Monkeypox spread and protect
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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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Pakistan: 13th case of polio virus detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2022
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): An 18-month-old was paralyzed by wild poliovirus in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KP), the National Institute of Health confirmed on Friday.
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WHO reconvenes emergency committee meeting as Monkeypox cases exceed 14,00
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 22 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak.
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Blinken praises India for supporting US with medical supplies during COVID
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken during the ministerial forum on resilient supply chain appreciated India's steadfastness in supporting the country by providing medicines at a time when the US was hit badly by the COVID-19 outbreak, said sources.
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WHO reports 14,000 monkey pox cases globally, 5 deaths
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): Around 14,000 cases of monkey pox have been confirmed in over 70 countries this year and a total of 5 deaths have been reported in Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
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China witnesses new outbreak of COVID-19, reports over 400 cases daily
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 20 (ANI): With over 400 cases every day, China is witnessing a new outbreak of COVID-19. More than 20 provincial-level regions in the Chinese mainland have reported locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and daily caseloads have begun to flare up in recent days.
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Ghana declares first outbreak of deadly Marburg virus
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana], July 18 (ANI): Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola.
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Pakistan: Cholera cases in Balochistan's Zhob district rise to 2,000
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): The number of cholera patients in Zhob district of Balochistan province of Pakistan rose to 2,000 despite all the measures taken by the government to curb the outbreak
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COVID outbreak in China's Beihai leaves 2,000 tourists stranded
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 18 (ANI): Around 500 people were found infected with COVID-19 over five days at a tourist resort in China's Guangxi region, according to local media.
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