Tag: Monkeypox

• Thursday, October 31st 2024 - 19:14 UTC

  First mpox case detected in London; overall risk for UK population “remains low”, UKHSA

  

  The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected a single confirmed human case of Clade Ib mpox, (monkey pox) but it has also said the risk to the UK population remains low.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2024 - 10:06 UTC

  11 new cases of monkeypox reported in Argentina

  

  Argentine health authorities Monday reported the detection of 11 new cases of monkeypox in patients aged 34 on average with a minimum age of 20 years and a maximum of 56.

• Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine man with monkeypox dies in Mexico

  

  Santiago Molina, a 28-year-old man who contracted monkeypox and was hospitalized in Mexico, has died or a cardiac arrest, it was reported Tuesday. The patient passed away Sunday but the case only went public Tuesday.

• Monday, September 2nd 2024 - 07:49 UTC

  Uruguay should not underestimate mpox threat, official says

  

  Uruguay's Health Undersecretary José Luis Satdjian insisted this weekend that the country must remain alert for a possible monkeypox outbreak: “We cannot lower our guard,” the official stressed while pointing out that local authorities have stayed in contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after the declaration of public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

• Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:53 UTC

  WHO Director urges governments to work together against mpox

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday estimated that with proper “government leadership, the mpox outbreak can be over in six months.”

• Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

  Case in Comodoro Rivadavia not mpox, lab tests show

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia admitted Wednesday that a suspected case of monkeypox was ruled out after the laboratory results came in.

• Monday, August 26th 2024 - 08:21 UTC

  Guyana alerts port officials to look out for potential mpox carriers

  

  Although no case of monkeypox has been reported so far in the country and to make sure things remain that way, Guyanese authorities have instructed port officials to be on alert for the possible arrival of people carrying the disease, Health Minister Frank Anthony said during the weekend. In addition, vaccines have been stockpiled in case of an outbreak.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 17:09 UTC

  Brazil eager to develop large-scale production of mpox vax

  

  Brazil's newly-formed monkeypox emergency committee underlined this week that one of its main goals was to develop a vaccine as one of its leading strategies with which to fight the malady the World Health Organization (WHO) last week deemed a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  Freighter isolated off Argentine port due to suspected mpox case

  

  A Liberian-flagged cereal freighter was isolated off the Argentine port of San Lorenzo, north of Rosario on the Parana River, after a crewmember was reported to have monkeypox symptoms. The vessel stemmed from Spain.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 08:46 UTC

  Mpox not the new Covid-19, WHO official explains

  

  Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Europe, admitted Tuesday that mpox would not lead to a “cycle of panic” and lockdowns like Covid-19 did, despite the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declaration.