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By Sourit Sanyal On November 28, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced "mpox" as the new name for the monkeypox virus, which was quick to spread panic across the world earlier this year, including in India, when the first case was reported in Kerala back in July 2022. "Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term "mpox" as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while "monkeypox" is phased out," the WHO said. The virus, endemic to central and west Africa is caused by a zoonotic virus in the genus...
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By Nozia Sayyed The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently claimed that the Monkeypox virus which has been detected in over 70 countries as of now, is most prevalent among a particular network — of men having sex with men (MSM). The statement was further clarified by the WHO claiming that 'since most of the positive cases were picked up from sexual health clinics showed that the disease was mostly diagnosed among MSM group it was announced that this particular community takes more precautionary measures.' However, this has not gone down well with the LGBTQ community that has demanded the gov...
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By Sana Fazili Amid the rising monkeypox cases across the globe, India recorded its ninth case on Wednesday after a foreign national tested positive in Delhi. It is yet not known if the 31-year-old woman had traveled abroad recently. Of the nine cases reported from India, five are from Kerala and four from Delhi. On Wednesday, another foreigner with no recent travel history tested positive for monkeypox in Delhi and was admitted to the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital. As more cases are being reported, screening at airports has been stepped up and states and Centre have issued gui...
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By Rohini Chatterji Even as several states across India took measures last week to cope with a potential monkeypox outbreak, a man in Kerala who tested positive for the disease in the UAE died on Saturday. The Kerala government has ordered an inquiry into the issue and asked people not to panic. Twenty people have been quarantined so far. Thrissur village holds meet An emergency health meet was held in the Punnayur village of the Thrissur district in Kerala over the man's death and to strategies for controlling the spread of the disease. The administration of the village reiterated that people...
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By BOOM Team Amid a global health emergency alert from the World Health Organisation (WHO) over rising monkeypox cases and India registering four confirmed cases, several states have issued guidelines on how to tackle the situation. This comes after a 34-year-old man with no travel history tested positive for the virus in Delhi on Sunday. Three other cases were reported from Kerala earlier. Also Read: Monkeypox: WHO Declares Public Health Emergency As Cases Cross 16,000 Uttar Pradesh has reported one suspected case of monkeypox from the Auraiya district. While the samples have been sent to Kin...
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By Mohammed Kudrati The World Health Organization has decided to declare the ongoing monkeypox outbreak an international public health emergency after global cases crossed 16,000 with five deaths across 75 countries. The decision was made in an Emergency Committee meeting convened by Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, after a similar meeting last month decided against the declaration. India reported its first monkeypox case on July 14 in Kerala by a man returning to Thiruvananthapuram from the United Arab Emirates. The government sent an expert team National Centre for Disease Co...
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By Sourit Sanyal On July 14, a Kerala man returning to Thiruvanathapuram tested positive for monkeypox after returning from the UAE, as confirmed by Kerala Health Minister Veena George. With this, India reported its first case of the contagious disease. Speaking to ANI, George mentioned the patient is quite stable with all vitals being normal. Maintaining the safety procedures, the state also identified the primary contacts, consisting of the patient's father, mother, the taxi and auto driver. The other primary contacts include the 11 passengers of the same flight who were sitting in the adjac...
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