Mpox no longer represents a global public Health emergency, the World Health Organization said Friday, following a sustained decline in cases and deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries. “Of course, lifting the emergency declaration does Read more…
No fewer than 12 cases of mpox have been discovered by the Ondo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (OSPHDA) in eight Local Government Areas of the state. The Director of Disease Control of OSPHDA, Dr Victor Adefesoye, disclosed this on Read more…
Ghana has recorded its first death from Mpox, Health authorities confirmed Sunday, amid a sharp rise in new infections in the West African country. Twenty-three new cases have been confirmed in the past week, bringing the total number of Read more…
The Federal Government has issued an alert warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. Issuing the warning on Friday via its website, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the widespread outbreak Read more…
The number of mpox cases in Guinea since an outbreak was first detected has passed 200, health officials told AFP Friday, with several nearby countries witnessing recent increases in infections. Last month World Health Organisation director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Read more…
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has issued an alert, warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. The NCDC, while issuing the warning on Friday via its website, confirmed Read more…
The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with more than 37,000 confirmed cases reported since it erupted. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the extension of the emergency following Read more…