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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 20:59 UTC

Tag: Monkeypox

  • Saturday, August 17th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina confirms sixth case of monkeypox nationwide

    The Argentine government has advised people to up all prevention measures while announcing tougher border controls

    A new case of monkeypox was confirmed Friday in the Argentine province of Corrientes, bringing the total number of cases in the country to six in the same week that the World Health Organization declared the malady a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after an outbreak in Africa.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Uruguay on mpox alert despite no cases reported yet

    Montevideo will particularly monitor Uruguay's peacekeeping forces in Congo, where the main outbreak was reported, Rando said

    Uruguay's Public Health Ministry is permanently monitoring the possibility of a monkeypox outbreak in the South American country but so far no cases have been detected, Minister Karina Rando explained Thursday during a press conference in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 21:31 UTC

    WHO declares global public emergency due to mpox outbreak in Africa

    The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is of great concern, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said

    The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday its highest global alert level given a surge in the number of cases of monkeypox in Africa and the threat of a new pandemic it poses. This time around the virus has spread rapidly through 13 countries in Africa, including regions where cases had never been reported before.

  • Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    WHO declares end of monkeypox emergency

    MPOX and Covid 19: “Both viruses continue to circulate and both continue to kill,” Tedros warned

    Monkeypox, or MPOX, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Thursday after a nearly one-year-long alert for the disease that resulted in 87,000 confirmed cases in 111 countries, and 140 deaths recorded worldwide.

  • Monday, October 24th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

    Brazil increases monkeypox testing capacity

    The results of all monkeypox tests in Brazil are to be notified to federal authorities

    Brazil's Health Ministry has increased to 31 the number of laboratories nationwide equipped to corroborate if a patient's infection corresponds to monkeypox through the delivery of testing kits developed and produced by the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz).

  • Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

    First patient with monkeypox dies in São Paulo

    The victim was aged 26 and had various comorbidities

    São Paulo's State Health Secretariat Wednesday confirmed the first death statewide of a patient suffering from monkeypox. The patient was a 26-year- old local male resident in South America's largest city, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

    Bolivia reports first death of monkeypox patient

    The patient was 28 years old and had a weak immunological condition

    A patient at Santa Cruz de la Sierra's San Juan de Dios Hospital who was infected with monkeypox has died, thus becoming the first casualty with the malady in the country, it was announced Friday.

  • Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

    Rio de Janeiro records yet another monkeypox fatality

    There have been 3 monkeypox fatalities altogether in the country.

    State Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro Monday confirmed the second local death of a monkeypox patient. It was a 31-year-old man who had been hospitalized for over a month.

  • Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Monkeypox has reached Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes Region

    Tierra del Fuego has confirmed four cases, three in Ushuaia, one in Rio Grande and another four suspects.

    Monkeypox has reached Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes Region in Chile. Tierra del Fuego province head of Epidemiology Office confirmed three cases in Ushuaia, one in Rio Grande and four more suspects. On the other side apparently a case has been reported in Puerto Natales, a woman who recently visited neighboring Argentina, while Chilean authorities announced that the country has enough vaccines to begin inoculation in October.

  • Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 19:19 UTC

    Uruguay confirms 6th case of monkeypox

    Monkeypox cases are relatively rare in Uruguay

    Health authorities have confirmed the 6th case of monkeypox in Uruguay after the initial detection dating back to late July, it was reported Wednesday. While another possible contagion is under study, 57 suspected cases have already been ruled out.