Mpox

Mpox

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

Congo hopes to receive first mpox vaccines by next week

The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years as a new variant of the disease, known as clade Ib, spread rapidly in Africa

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

Philippines detects new mpox case, first since December 2023

Caab chairman at the Dhaka airport on 18 August. Photo: Courtesy

Caab chairman visits Dhaka airport, called for strict measures to combat Mpox 

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

Shah Amanat Airport on high alert to check Mpox

Photo: UNB

No measures sighted in Hili land port to check for Mpox

Illustration: TBS

Mpox alert: How prepared is Bangladesh?

The palms of a monkeypox case patient from Lodja, a city located within the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, are seen during a health investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Brian W.J. Mahy/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

What is Mpox and what symptoms should you look out for

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox. Photo: Reuters

Health ministry issues mpox alert: Vigilance at entry points; no cases detected in Bangladesh yet

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. File Photo

What steps is Dhaka Airport taking against Mpox?

Dial 16263 or 10655 if mpox symptoms appear: Health directorate

Dial 16263 or 10655 if mpox symptoms appear: Health directorate

Dr Pascaline Kahindo, checks the treatment progress on the feet of patient Ajuamungu Ntuyehe, undergoing the treatment of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

German infection expert: mpox vaccine's best use is in Africa right now

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

Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox variant

Vials of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, August 20, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

Is there an mpox vaccine, and how does it work?