Tag: health crisis
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THE WHN DECLARES MONKEYPOX A PANDEMIC
With the confirmed cases of Monkeypox growing week by week across multiple continents, it is alarming to note that the outbreak has already spread to 58 countries through local community transmission. The total number of confirmed cases currently stands at 3,417, and this number is expected to increase further, posing a major threat to public…
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IN WHICH COUNTRIES ARE OUTBREAKS OF SMALLPOX OF MONKEYS RECORDED NOW
The latest summary contains information on 92 laboratory-confirmed and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox in 12 countries of the world that are not endemic to the monkeypox virus (i.e. there have been no outbreaks of the disease in these countries before). Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom are now leading in terms of the number…
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Smallpox of monkeys
Monkeypox, an obscure disease, can cause a lot of harm. The monkeypox virus is a close relative of the smallpox virus and leads to a similar but less severe illness. This virus belongs to the orthopoxvirus group, which is the same as smallpox. While it has an animal name, non-human primates are not the virus’s…