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France identifies first case of new mpox variant

France has identified its first case of the new mpox variant, news agency AFP reported, citing a statement from the country's health ministry. The patient had not traveled to Central…

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Britain detects two more cases of new mpox variant

Britain has detected two more cases of the new mpox variant clade Ib in household contacts of the first case, the country's health security agency (UKHSA) said, bringing the total…

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Britain identifies its first case of new mpox variant

Britain has detected its first case of new mpox variant clade Ib, the country's health security agency (UKHSA) said, adding that the risk to the population remained low.The clade Ib…

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Germany identifies its first case of new mpox variant

The first case of the new mpox variant has been detected in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Tuesday, adding that it viewed the risk…

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India reports first case of mpox from new, fast-spreading clade 1b variety

India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a traveller in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking the country's first recorded case…

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Morocco reports first Mpox case

Morocco confirmed its first Mpox case in a man in Marrakech, the health ministry said. The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak of the disease a public health emergency…

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Countries donate mpox vaccines to combat outbreak in Africa

Some countries have pledged to donate doses of mpox vaccines to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa, after the World Health Organization declared it a global public health…

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Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to combat outbreak in Africa

Germany will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on the African continent in the short term as well as provide help to…

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EU rules out mpox border controls and common vaccination plan

European health authorities discard any further bloc-wide measure against the new mpox variant situation as risk it poses for wider population is still considered 'low'. There is no need to…

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UN migration agency appeals for $18.5 mln in assistance for mpox outbreak

The United Nation's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) appealed for $18.5 million in assistance to provide health care services to people impacted by the mpox outbreak in East and Southern…

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Thailand says mpox case recorded in traveller from Africa

Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said…

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One case of clade 2 mpox detected in Pakistan

One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the country's ministry of health said, adding that no cases of the clade 1b…

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Philippines detects new mpox case

The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday. The case is a…

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Why is mpox an emergency again, and how worried should one be?

The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two…

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IFRC says shortage of testing, vaccines hampers mpox response in Africa

Far more diagnostic kits, treatments and vaccines need to be shipped to Africa to respond adequately to the outbreak of a new strain of the mpox virus there, an official…

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European CDC raises mpox risk alert level

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) raised its risk alert level for mpox on Friday, and asked countries to maintain high levels of awareness among travellers visiting…

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Bavarian Nordic seeks EU approval to extend mpox vaccine to adolescents

- Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic said on Friday it had submitted data to the European Union's drug regulator for approval to extend the use of the company's mpox and smallpox…

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WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa

Global health officials confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its…

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Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa

Africa's top public health body declared what it termed a "public health emergency of continental security" on Tuesday over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from the Democratic Republic…

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WHO to convene emergency committee to assess international risk from mpox outbreak

The head of the World Health Organization said an emergency committee will be convened to discuss whether the current mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo represents a public…

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Pakistan confirms its first case of mpox

KARACHI, Pakistan, April 26 (Reuters) - The first case of mpox in Pakistan has been confirmed by the National Institute of Health in the capital Islamabad. A traveler who recently…

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