Tag: Monkeypox

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 07:06 UTC

  Peru totals 282 cases of monkeypox

  

  Peruvian health authorities have reported the number of monkeypox cases in the country had reached 282 Sunday, 34 days after the first infection was confirmed.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Uruguay has first case of monkeypox confirmed

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Friday announced the first case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the country. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), the infection was proved through PCR testing.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Brazil reports first death of patient with monkeypox

  

  Brazilian health authorities Friday confirmed the first death linked to monkeypox in the country: a 41-year-old man, who was already under treatment for other diseases, including cancer, which caused the worsening of his health condition.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine health authorities devise strategies against monkeypox

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti convened a meeting with “experts” to generate “strategies to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, work together with the jurisdictions to decentralize diagnosis, train health teams and generate information actions for society.”

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:25 UTC

  Fauci, WHO agree: vaccines not enough to stop monkeypox

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned earlier this week that vaccines alone are not enough to stop the spread of the monkeypox epidemic and urged people at risk to take additional precautions. Meanwhile, White House Senior Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a broadcast interview that about 99% of the cases have occurred in men who have sex with men.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:20 UTC

  EU okays monkeypox vaccine already in use in the US

  

  The Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic Monday received the green light from the European Commission to use the Imvanex vaccine against monkeypox in the European Union, as well as in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 08:25 UTC

  Brazilian health authorities report increase in number of cases of monkeypox

  

  Brazilian health authorities said this weekend that the State of São Paulo had recorded over 500 cases of monkeypox, most of them in the City of São Paulo (442 of the total 538). The first infection was registered in the state on June 9.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 07:56 UTC

  PAHO says monkeypox in the region moderate but worrisome

  

  Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa Etienne Wednesday said the monkeypox scenario in the region was worrisome, albeit moderate, and that vaccines were nearly non-available worldwide.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

  Number of monkeypox cases in Brazil crosses 200 threshold

  

  Brazilian health authorities Monday confirmed there were 219 confirmed cases of monkeypox nationwide, with the bulk of them in São Paulo (158) and Rio de Janeiro (34), according to an Agência Brasil report.