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Monkeypox: Govt Issues Guidelines On Symptoms & Do's After Coming In Contact With A Patient

“Keep yourself safe from Monkeypox. Know the causes and symptoms of the disease as well as precautions to be taken to avoid infection,” the health ministry tweeted on its Twitter handle on Sunday

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WHO Declares Monkeypox Epidemic A Global Health Emergency

The head of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, broke the deadlock and declared the outbreak a PHEIC

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Monkeypox Rapidly Spreading, Strengthen Surveillance: WHO

Globally, over 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported from 75 countries. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, four cases of monkeypox have been reported, three from India and one from Thailand. The cases in India are among nationals who returned home from the Middle East, while in Thailand a Nigerian living in the country has been confirmed positive for monkeypox

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Monkeypox: Centre Advises Strict Health Screening Of All International Travellers At Entry Points

The meeting was attended by senior officials from International Health Division, and Disaster Management Cell

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Suspected Monkeypox Case Found In Kerala, Samples Sent For Testing

Without revealing more details, George said the person showed symptoms of monkeypox and he was in close contact with a monkeypox patient abroad

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Symptoms Of Monkeypox Patients In UK Differ From Previous Outbreaks

The researchers looked at 54 patients who attended sexual health clinics in London

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Monkeypox Now A Pandemic, Declares World Health Network

The WHN has urged WHO and National Centres for Disease Control to take immediate action to prevent monkeypox from becoming a disaster

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NTAGI Agrees On Reducing Gap Between Covid-19 Vaccines Doses

The threat of monkeypox and the requirement of vaccination were also discussed in the meeting

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Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Unusual, Concerning,’ Says WHO Ahead Of Emergency Meeting

So far this year, over 1,600 confirmed and almost 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported to the World Health Organization from 39 countries

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WHO Set To Decide Next Week If Monkeypox Represents Health Emergency

No deaths have been reported so far from the newly-affected countries, although the WHO is seeking to verify news reports from Brazil over a monkeypox-related death

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780 Confirmed Cases Of Monkepox From 27 Nations: WHO

The UN's health agency said that while epidemiological investigations are ongoing, most reported cases so far have been presented through sexual health or other health services in primary or secondary health care facilities

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Amid Covid19 And Monkeypox, Norovirus Cases Seen In Kerala

2 children have been found infected with norovirus in Vizhinjam area of ​​Thiruvananthapuram whose condition is said to be stable

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All You Need To Know About: Monkeypox Transmission

Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus in the same group as the smallpox virus. Its symptoms and progression are similar to smallpox infection (though milder). The case fatality rate is between 1-6% in countries where monkeypox is common (endemic)

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To Contain Monkeypox Minimize Human Transmission: WHO

It is not clear yet whether the spread of monkeypox can be contained completely, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, adding that its goal was to contain the outbreak by stopping human-to-human transmission to the maximum extent possible

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Monkeypox: Health Ministry Issues Advisory For International Passengers

It also advises avoiding contact with contaminated materials used by sick people such as clothing, bedding or materials used in healthcare settings or that came into contact with infected animals

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