Monkeypox

Germany reports over 1,000 monkeypox cases

Published on: July 1, 2022
16:26

Berlin, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Germany´s reported monkeypox cases rose to 1,054, according to the Robert Koch Institute of Virology (RKI), a center in charge of controlling infectious diseases.

Monkeypox virus mutating more than expected, says scientists

Published on: June 24, 2022
15:18

Lisbon, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) The current monkeypox virus may be mutating more than expected, according to researchers in Portugal, as cases rise across the UK and the U.S.

France´s HAS recommends timely vaccine to fight monkeypox

Published on: June 20, 2022
15:16

Paris, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) France´s National Authority for Health - Haute Autorité de santé (HAS, in French) strongly recommended on Monday to give a single monkeypox vaccine dose to people at risk and who has been immunized against smallpox before 1980.

Lebanon on alert for possible cases of monkeypox

Published on: June 15, 2022
11:54

Beirut, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday remains alert to the emergence of monkeypox cases in the country.

WHO to convene Emergency Committee on global monkeypox situation

Published on: June 14, 2022
18:11

Geneva, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak is a global health emergency of international concern, as confirmed by the WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom.

Over 1,000 monkeypox cases reported to WHO- Briefing

Published on: June 8, 2022
16:43

Geneva, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reported over 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox from 29 countries that are not endemic for the disease.

WHO reports 780 Monkeypox cases outside Africa

Published on: June 6, 2022
16:58

Geneva, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday reported 780 cases of monkeypox outside of Africa, from 27 Member States across four WHO regions that are not endemic for monkeypox virus.

Russia warns about risk of monkeypox’s infection

Published on: June 1, 2022
14:06

Moscow, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Natalia Pshenichnaya, Deputy Director of clinical analysis work at the Russian Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, on Wednesday drew attention to the possibility that the monkeypox virus is imported to the country.

Mexico issues warning for monkeypox despite absence of cases

Published on: May 26, 2022
08:56

Mexico, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Mexico issued an epidemiological advisory for monkeypox, although no cases have been reported in the country, due to the alert raised by the World Health Organization, which registered over 250 suspected and confirmed cases.

Israel reports first suspected monkeypox case

Published on: May 22, 2022
00:15

Tel Aviv, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A 30-year-old man is under observation at a hospital in Israel for having symptoms of monkeypox, which, if confirmed, would be the first case of that disease in the country.

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