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Amid rising Monkeypox cases, South African Minister expresses concern

Monkeypox virus remains a cause for concern to South Africa, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday, amid rising number of cases in the country. Although monkeypox causes less severe illness, the current rising numbers and the positive cases has become a cause of concern and therefore, we cannot ignore it," Phaahla told media here. I'm saying this because on August 17 we got a report from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) that we have had our fifth positive case of monkeypox, which was in a 28-year-old male from Johannesburg with a travel history of Europe, the Netherlands and Spain as well, Phaahla said. Phaahla said that at this stage no link has been established between these five cases, but the NICD is investigating a possible link between the last two cases as both persons infected had been to Spain, which has already recorded 5,000 positive cases and two deaths resulting from monkeypox. The minister emphasised that the four earlier cases had been mil

Centre planning sero-survey among contacts of monkeypox patients

India so far has reported ten cases of monkeypox

EU regulator approves plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies

A smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, the European Medicines Agency said Friday, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the US Food and Drug Administration. The EU drug regulator said in a statement that injecting people with just one fifth the regular dose of the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic appeared to produce similar levels of antibodies against monkeypox as a full dose. The approach calls for administering Bavarian Nordic's vaccine with an injection just under the skin rather than into deeper tissue, a practice that may stimulate a better immune response. People still need to get two doses, about four weeks apart. The EMA said national authorities could decide, as a temporary measure to use smaller doses of the vaccine to protect vulnerable people during the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides said the decision would allow the ..

Serum Institute, other firms eye tie-ups to develop monkeypox vaccine

Indian Immunologicals, and Haffkine Research Institute also in the fray

Africa CDC says renaming of monkeypox variants by WHO will curb stigma

The head of Africa's public health agency says he's really pleased that the World Health Organisation is renaming the strains of the monkeypox disease to remove references to African regions amid concerns about stigmatisation. The variant of the disease formerly known as the Congo Basin is now called Clade 1 and what was previously known as the West Africa clade is now called Clade 2, the U.N. health agency announced last week, saying it will hold an open forum to rename monkeypox altogether. We are very glad that now we can be able to call them Clade 1 and Clade 2 rather than make reference to these variants using African regions, Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a briefing Thursday. "We are really pleased with that change in naming, which will remove stigma from disease-causing variants. More monkeypox deaths have been reported on the African continent this year than anywhere in the world. A total of 3,232 cases, ...

'We cannot pretend Covid is not here,' says WHO chief as deaths rise

There has been a 35 per cent rise in COVID-19-related deaths in four weeks across the world

Monkeypox cases rise globally; see 20% jump to over 35k cases, 12 deaths

Monkeypox see an exponential jump of 20 per cent in the last week with more than 35,000 infections and 12 deaths reported from 92 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Pets must be isolated from people infected with monkeypox, says WHO

People infected with monkeypox must isolate their pets, said a WHO official, after a report showed the first-ever case of human-to-dog transmission of the virus in France

At least 8 Indian companies working to develop monkeypox vaccine: Report

Among the companies that are working with ICMR are Serum Institute of India (SII), Reliance Life Sciences, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, and Biological E

Monkeypox can now spread to animals from humans, health officials warn

Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus

Smallpox vax protection against monkeypox may not be lasting: Lancet study

Although the smallpox jab has shown to reduce the chance of symptomatic infection and severe illness from monkeypox, protection may decline over time.

Monkeypox outbreak 'shows signs of slowing': British health officials

The Health Security Agency said authorities are reporting about 29 new monkeypox infections every day, compared to about 52 cases a day during the last week in June.

Monkeypox outbreak showing signs of slowing in the UK, says health agency

British authorities also said that they bought as many as 150,000 doses of the vaccine, which was made by Bavarian Nordic, the world's only supplier

Monkeypox may become endemic in America's wild animals, says report

Even as monkeypox cases continue to rise in the US, it is likely that the virus may become endemic in wild animals in the country, the media reported

Delhi reports 5th monkeypox case; 22-year-old woman tests positive

Speaking to IANS, Suresh Kumar, MD, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, said the woman tested positive for the virus on Friday after she was admitted for showing symptoms of monkeypox.

WHO announces new names for variants of monkeypox virus in circulation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation

Monkeypox: Study documents first human-to-dog transmission case in France

In endemic countries, only wild animals (rodents and primates) have been found to carry monkeypox virus.

Africa CDC in 'advanced' talks to obtain monkeypox vaccines: Official

There are no discussions with the private sector because all available doses have already been bought by countries, he said.

Monkeys under attack in Brazil amid rising fear of monkeypox infection

The World Health Organization expressed sorrow on Tuesday for the killing of monkeys in Brazil amid fears of monkeypox contagion

India ramping up monkeypox testing capacity amid rising cases: Here's how

Tapping the TB testing network, screening tests, quick-result PCRs are all in the works