Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first case of the new deadlier strain on Monkeypox (Mpox), making it the second country outside of Africa, and the first in Asia, to be hit by the variant.It joins Sweden, which reported its first case of clade 1b monkeypox last week, meaning the virus has now reached two other continents…
Monkey Pox (Mpox) has been declared as a Public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the provisions of the International Health Regulations (IHR) by World Health Organization (WHO) in August 2024. Mpox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus with two different clades first and…
The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency as Mpox, previously known as Monkeypox, spreads rapidly across 13 African countries, including the DRC, where 14,000 cases and 524 deaths have been reported.This marks the second time in three years Mpox has reached emergency. WHO issues directions to the African countries that, how to…
