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WHO says Monkeypox vaccines efficacy below 100 per cent
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): Vaccines against monkeypox are not 100 per cent effective and that is why, people must reduce their own risks of infection, WHO technical lead Rosamund Lewis said on Wednesday.
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Over 35,000 cases of monkeypox detected globally: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 17 (ANI): More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 92 countries and territories, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan sees sudden surge in COVID-19 positivity rate, 11 dead in 24 hour
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan saw a sudden surge in the daily COVID-19 death count as the country reported 11 new deaths overnight, as given in the data from the National Institute of Health of Islamabad on Friday.
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Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever, and Covid-19, media reports said citing a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report.
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WHO dispels hoax on monkeypox link with gay sex
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated in its public health advisory for gays and men who have sex with men that the risk of monkeypox is not just limited to them after WHO's earlier statement triggered a hoax that might have demonised the LGBTQ comm
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China's Wuhan seafood market likely cause of Covid-19 outbreak: New studie
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): A set of compelling evidence has once again emerged that backs the claims that Wuhan's Huanan seafood and wildlife market was at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak that has so far claimed over 6 million lives.
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Chandigarh University student invents AI-based Smart Stick 'Netra' to make
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): According to a report by the World Health Organization, there are currently 28.5 Crore people in the world who are visually impaired. Among those, 3.90 Crore people are blind whereas 24.60 Crore people are living with low vision or visu
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Monkeypox: Men who have sex with men advised to reduce number of sexual pa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 29 (ANI): As the cases of monkeypox surged among men who have sex with men, the World Health Organization on Wednesday called to limit exposure to the virus by reducing the number of sex partners and reconsidering sex with new partners.
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Bring hepatitis care closer to people: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Thursday called for making quality hepatitis care affordable, accessible, and integrated into primary health care, to bring these lifesaving services closer to people and accelerate efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis in the
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WHO chief advices reducing sex partners to limit exposure to monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday advised men to consider reducing their sexual partners for a moment after the UN health agency declared the growing monkeypox outbreak among men who have sex with
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Japan reports 2nd case of monkeypox in Tokyo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan confirmed its second case of monkeypox on Thursday, with a man in his 30s testing positive in Tokyo, according to an official.
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Monkeypox hits Europe, Americas hardest: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Europe and the Americas have been affected the most by the monkeypox outbreak, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists here on Wednesday.
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