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Explained: India’s plan for vaccine amid monkeypox scare
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoAfter four confirmed cases, the ICMR, India's apex medical research institute, has invited pharmaceutical companies to develop a vaccine against the monkeypox virus. Adar Poonawalla's Serum Institute of India has also said that it is in talks with its partner, Novovax, for a new vaccine
Monkeypox cases concentrated among men who have sex with men: WHO
Fp Staff • 3 years agoWHO Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that four cases of monkeypox have been reported in the South-East Asia region of which three are from India, while Thailand has one case
780 cases of monkeypox reported or identified as of 2 June, says WHO
• 3 years agoThe sudden and unexpected appearance of monkeypox simultaneously in several non-endemic countries suggests that there might have been undetected transmission for some unknown duration of time followed by recent amplifier events
No concern yet monkeypox will cause pandemic, says World Health Organisation
• 3 years agoThe UN health agency has voiced concern at this "unusual situation", but reiterated that there was no reason to panic over the virus, which spreads through close contact and usually does not cause severe disease
Monkeypox: World already has vaccine, medicines to control the outbreak; details here
• 3 years agoIllness due to monkeypox is usually mild and most people infected recover within a few weeks without needing treatment. However, treatment do exist for those who become quite ill from the virus
More than 215 confirmed monekypox cases worldwide, says EU's disease agency; know symptoms here
• 3 years agoThe European Union's disease agency said most of the monkeypox cases were detected in young men, self-identifying as men who have sex with men
US, Europe, Australia, monkeypox is spreading: Can the virus lead to a pandemic?
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoCases of monkeypox are being reported in several countries across the world – the US, Canada, UK, Europe and Australia. There’s growing concern that the virus is spreading undetected
US confirms its first case of monkeypox in Massachusetts man
• 3 years agoThe Massachusetts resident had travelled to Canada at the end of April to meet friends and returned in early May. He is currently in hospital, but in a good condition, officials said