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Sierra Leone faces rise in mpox cases
FREETOWN: Sierra Leone has seen a new surge in mpox infections, recording 1,140 cases and nine deaths since the start…
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China reports 5 cases of new mpox strain
Chinese health authorities said on Thursday that they had discovered a cluster outbreak of the mpox strain clade 1b, with…
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DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak
GOMA, DR CONGO: The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the…
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Malaysia reports first mpox case of the year; man tests positive for less severe variant
Last month, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest form of alert, for the…
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Mpox vaccine access set to speed up as WHO approves first jab
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Sep 13) it had for the first time prequalified an mpox…
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WHO grants first mpox vaccine approval to ramp up response to disease
The World Health Organization says it has granted its first authorization for use of a vaccine against mpox in adults,…
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China approves first domestic mpox vaccine for clinical trials
SINGAPORE: The first Chinese mpox vaccine has been approved for clinical trials across China starting on Monday (Sep 9), with…
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India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country
India has recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an…
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First mpox vaccines due in DR Congo on Sep 5
KINSHASA: The first delivery of almost 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo on…
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WHO says droplets a ‘minor’ route of mpox transmission
STUDIES INTO NEW STRAIN There are two subtypes of mpox: Clade 1, endemic in the Congo Basin in central Africa;…
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