The ZetaTalk Newsletter MonkeyPoxMonkey Pox or MPox as it is also called has been endemic in Africa for eons, and occasionally escapes Africa to be...
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Thai health officials reported the country's first suspected case of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox in a European traveler who arrived in Thailand from Africa last week. In a statement on its website Thursday, Thailand's Department of Disease Control reported a 66-year-old man who arrived in Thailand on Aug. 14. They said he was hospitalized with symptoms the next day and has been in quarantine since. They said his symptoms were not severe. Tests showed the man did not have the Clade 2 variant, an earlier strain of the virus, but testing for the new, more dangerous Clade 1b strain was inconclusive. At a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand's Department of Disease Control chief Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn told reporters they expected additional test results to be available on Friday (Aug. 23). “We believe the person has the Clade 1b variant,” Thongchai told French news agency AFP. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new mpox variant a public health emergency of international concern after a surge in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and outbreaks in other central African countries, including Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya. In Thailand, the Department of Disease Control …
The ZetaTalk Newsletter MonkeyPoxMonkey Pox or MPox as it is also called has been endemic in Africa for eons, and occasionally escapes Africa to be...
India on Sunday (8/9) reported that it had isolated a “suspected case of mpox,” assuring that the world’s most populous country had implemented...
India on Sunday (8/9) reported that it had isolated a “suspected case of mpox,” assuring that the world’s most populous country had implemented...
Mpox is not COVID-19, but that pandemic’s bitter lessons have not all been learnt. By Peter Fabricius An ominous sense of déjà vu is...
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) or UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), announced on Saturday (8/31) that it is opening an emergency...
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) or UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), announced on Saturday (8/31) that it is opening an emergency...
The Department of Health has recorded three more cases of mpox bringing to eight the total active cases of the infectious disease in the country.
August 28, 2024. Azonuchechi Chukwu. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria is the first country in Africa to receive mpox vaccines, aimed...
The African Centre for Disease Control and World Health Organization have raised the alarm following a drastic uptick in mpox cases. This surge is...
The African Centre for Disease Control and World Health Organization have raised the alarm following a drastic uptick in mpox cases. This surge is...