Paramedical staff prepare an isolation ward set up as a preventative measure following Pakistan’s Health Ministry confirmation of a case of mpox. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan confirmed the second case of mpox this year when a 29-year-old man tested positive for the contagious viral infection in Karachi, according to a media report. The … Read more
A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in East Sussex, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. First detected in central Africa, this variant of the virus appears to transmit more easily between people. Symptoms include pus-filled lesions, fever, headaches and low energy. The individual is now under specialist care at … Read more
A new case of a strain of mpox spreading in some parts of central and east Africa has been confirmed in Leeds. The infected person had recently returned from Uganda where Clade 1b mpox, which used to be known as monkeypox, has been found. This is the fifth person in England to be confirmed with … Read more
California has reported the first US case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – that is part of a new outbreak. The state’s department of health, the CDPH, said the new case was from the Clade I strain – different from the Clade II strain that has been in circulation in the US since … Read more
Reuters Two more cases of a new strain of the mpox virus have been detected in London, in household contacts of the first patient, health officials say. The two individuals are now under specialist care at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. All three patients were infected with the Clade 1b variant of the … Read more
A single case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – linked to the recent outbreak in parts of Africa, has been detected in the UK. It is part of the Clade 1b outbreak, which appears to spread more easily between people. Mpox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization in … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first diagnostic test for mpox where the results can be immediately known, saying it could prove pivotal in helping to stop the rising global cases of the deadly virus. The new PCR test enables the detection of the mpox DNA taken from skin lesion swabs. Currently, samples … Read more
India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. Called clade 1b, the new variant is highly-transmissible and has been linked to the mpox outbreak in Africa. According to media reports, the strain has been detected in … Read more
Getty Images An mpox vaccine will be offered to thousands of men who have sex with men and some healthcare workers in the UK to boost protection against a form of the virus at the centre of an outbreak in parts of Africa, the government has said. It has bought more than 150,000 doses and … Read more
Glody Murhabazi More and more babies with mpox are being admitted to Lwiro community hospital Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told the BBC they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections. At a treatment … Read more