South Africa has recorded another laboratory-confirmed mpox case, raising the total number of cases to 25. The Department of Health made the announcement on Monday, stating that the new case involves a 38-year-old man from Cape Town. This individual exhibited typical symptoms of mpox, including a headache, mpox lesions on his face, sore throat, muscle … Read more
NEW DELHI: Union health secretary Apurva Chandra on Monday issued an advisory to states/UTs following WHO’s declaration of Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) related to Mpox. Chandra in the advisory asked the state/UTs to disseminate and take action on the updated CD-Alert on Mpox issued by NCDC which details surveillance strategy (including epidemiological … Read more
New Delhi — India reported Sunday that it had put a “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a statement. There have been no confirmed cases of mpox in India, a country of 1.4 billion people. “A young male patient, … Read more
A man who recently travelled from a country experiencing mpox transmission has been identified as a suspected case of the disease, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. The patient has been isolated at a designated hospital and is currently stable, it said, adding that there is no cause for concern. Samples have been collected … Read more
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed that there are no cases of Mpox in its 256 custodial centres across the country. The Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Abubakar Umar, made known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN reports that Nigeria … Read more
SINGAPORE: Members of Parliament will discuss the Mobile Guardian cybersecurity breach at the next sitting on Monday (Sep 9), as well as issues relating to the extremist preacher from Bangladesh who delivered a sermon in Singapore. There were also questions filed on the current mpox situation and the revamped Gifted Education Programme (GEP). According to … Read more
Kinshasa, Congo — The first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, the African Union’s health watchdog said. The vast central Africa country of around 100 million people is at the epicenter of the mpox outbreak, with cases and deaths rising. “We are very … Read more
MEASURES IN SINGAPORE In Singapore’s preschools and schools, existing measures for other infectious diseases remain relevant, said MOH, noting that students will be visually screened for symptoms. Together with the Ministry of Manpower and the National Environment Agency, MOH is conducting wastewater testing at migrant worker dormitories and the Onboard Centre. Mr Ong said wastewater … Read more
LONDON — The growing mpox outbreaks in Africa that triggered the World Health Organization’s emergency declaration are largely the result of decades of neglect and the global community’s inability to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity against the smallpox-related disease, leading African scientists said Tuesday. According to Dr. Dimie Ogoina, who chaired … Read more
geneva — The head of the World Health Organization believes mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and he said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. To date, Africa has received a small fraction of the vaccines needed to slow the spread … Read more
