Tag: (Monkeypox)
Monkeypox has already spread to more than 60 countries – WHO is reconsidering declaring the disease an international public health threat
The monkeypox vaccine is manufactured in Denmark, and the United States, for example, has already bought more than a million doses of the vaccine. It is meant to be given…
Health unit reports first confirmed case of monkeypox in Brant
The Brant County Health Unit is reporting the first confirmed local case of monkeypox. In a media release issued on Monday, the health unit said it received laboratory confirmation of…
Can monkeypox be transmitted through food?
The Directorate General for Health (DGS) and the Directorate General for Food (DGAL) have contacted ANSES (the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) to assess the risk…
Corentin, infected with monkeypox, tells us about the pain “very difficult to bear”
Corentin Hennebert, 27, author and director for a young theater company in Paris, is one of the 552 people affected by the smallpox monkey in France. Before contracting the disease…
Gay men to be vaccinated against monkeypox virus in the Netherlands
The Dutch government has announced that it will soon start vaccinating gay men, transsexuals and sex workers at high risk of contracting monkeypox. Priority in vaccination will be given to…
COC outraged by monkeypox statements from former director of RIVM: ‘It makes me sick’
The COC Central Netherlands is not pleased with statements that former RIVM director Roel Coutinho made in Nieuwsuur on Tuesday. In the news program Coutinho wondered aloud whether the Pride…
Monkeypox and expansion of vaccination: “We must have underestimated this risk of smallpox”
More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in 58 countries, mainly European, and more than 500 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in France. Monkeypox is on the…
Monkeypox: a risk of contamination by food is not excluded
News Published on 07/06/2022 at 9:53 p.m. Updated 07/06/2022 at 9:53 p.m. Reading 2 mins. As the number of people infected with monkeypox continues to grow in France, ANSES received…
Monkeypox: public concerned, place… Four questions about vaccination
More than 6000 cases in 58 countries. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, reiterated his concern over the outbreak of monkeypox and announced that he will convene the…
Symptoms of monkeypox outbreak not like previous ones
The first observational study on the current strain of monkeypox virus shows that patients show different symptoms than previously seen. Doctors fear that the disease will be confused with others,…