North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, proclaimed a “resounding victory” over Covid-19 on Wednesday, after almost two weeks without any officially recorded cases. North Korea, one of the first countries in the world to close its borders in January 2020 after the Covid-19 virus emerged in neighboring China, has long …
Read More »WHO deplores attacks against primates in Brazil over monkeypox fear
The World Health Organization (WHO) assured on Tuesday that the monkeypox epidemic raging around the world is not linked to primates, deploring attacks on these animals in Brazil. The WHO, questioned about reports of attacks on monkeys in Brazil said the monkeypox epidemic is not linked to monkeys. “People need …
Read More »Monkeypox: Belgians forced to travel to France to get vaccinated
Belgians traveled to France in order to get vaccinated against monkeypox, as there is a lack of doses in their country, RTBF reported. Faced with the lack of available doses, conditions for access to the monkeypox vaccine are restricted in Belgium. Sex workers, people who contracted two sexually transmitted infections …
Read More »South Africa reports first death causally linked to COVID vaccine
Health authorities in South Africa reported on Thursday a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country, Reuters reported. The person presented with rare neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome soon after …
Read More »Health: Ghana confirms first death from monkeypox
Health authorities in Ghana have confirmed the first-ever death from monkeypox, as the virus wreaks havoc in the West African country. The infected person was a military officer who died three days after going to hospital in north-eastern Ghana. Thirteen people believed to have been in contact with the deceased …
Read More »Health: India records first monkeypox death
Indian authorities on Monday announced the death of a man infected with monkeypox, who recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, which could constitute the first fatal case of the disease in Asia. The health ministry in Kerala state in southern India said tests on the 22-year-old victim who died …
Read More »Sudan: authorities confirm presence of monkeypox in the country
Sudan’s Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed the presence of monkeypox in the country after a patient tested positive for the virus. The patient is a 16-year-old student from West Darfur state, the country’s health ministry said. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared the monkeypox outbreak a global …
Read More »Spain: Woman dies after cosmetic surgery
A 34-year-old Spaniard, who had been in coma since late April after contracting an infection following cosmetic surgery, died on Sunday, Spanish newspaper Diario de Navarra reports. It is in the clinic of the European Medical Aesthetic Center (Ceme) in Madrid where the patient, originally from Palma de Mallorca, underwent …
Read More »United States: bacterium causing serious infectious disease detected
U.S. health officials announced Wednesday that soil and water samples taken from Mississippi contain bacteria that cause a rare but serious disease called melioidosis. They thus alerted doctors in the country, asking them to be vigilant in the face of possible symptoms of this disease in patients. Two individuals living …
Read More »Health: New York calls for new name for monkeypox
New York City on Tuesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox, a name deemed stigmatizing and which risks pushing patients to isolate themselves rather than to seek treatment. New York City Health Commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, in a letter to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said …
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