Mpox

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Nigeria to start mpox vaccination on October 8

Nigeria received the first batch of 10,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the US Agency for International Development on Tuesday. The country has confirmed 40 mpox cases with no fatalities yet

A laboratory nurse takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines

An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
Africa

New mpox strain is changing fast; African scientists are ‘working blindly’ to respond

Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene promoter, during an awareness campaign for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja camp for the internally displaced in Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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Why mpox vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Bangladeshi traveling from Qatar suspected of mpox tests negative

A person holds doses of Bavarian Nordic's Imvanex vaccine, used to protect against mpox virus, at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris, France July 27, 2022. Photo: Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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WHO says partners can start talks to buy mpox vaccines before its approval

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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WHO boss calls for $135 million to stop mpox outbreak

An undated colorized scanning electron micrograph of mpox virus (red) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (green), captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
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​​​​​​​Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox variant

An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (pink) found within an infected cell (yellow), cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
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Enhanced measures against Mpox at airports and entry points

Internally displaced women listen to Nathalie Kipenzi, a hygiene promoter, during an awareness campaign for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at the Muja camp for the internally displaced in Nyiragongo territory, near Goma in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
Health

Mpox surge in Central Africa exposes the most vulnerable

A drone view shows ships used to carry grains for export on the Parana River, in Rosario, Argentina August 9, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Matias Baglietto/File Photo
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Argentina quarantines grains ship over suspected mpox case

A test tube labelled "Mpox virus positive" is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Philippines says recent mpox case is mild Clade 2 variant

An undated colorized scanning electron micrograph of mpox virus (red) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (green), captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Photo: NIAID/Handout via REUTERS
Health

Mpox is not the new COVID: WHO official