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Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa
AFP, Published on 30/07/2022
» MADRID: Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.
WHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency panel on July 21
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it would reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.
WHO says monkeypox not currently a global health emergency
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently amount to a global public health emergency.
South Korea reports first imported case of monkeypox
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» SEOUL: South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox on Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries -- and the first in East Asia -- to have identified the disease.
WHO to assess if monkeypox an international health emergency
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» GENEVA:The World Health Organization said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.
China outbreak spreads as WHO sounds alarm on Delta
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» BEIJING: Mushrooming outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant prompted China and Australia to impose stricter Covid-19 restrictions on Saturday as the WHO urged the world to quickly contain the mutation before it turns into something deadlier and draws out the pandemic.
'The war has changed': US documents sound alarm on Delta variant
AFP, Published on 31/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - The Delta variant of the coronavirus is as contagious as chickenpox, probably causes more severe disease, and breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals may be as transmissible as unvaccinated cases, according to a leaked US government document.
Nigerian pastor accused of abusing children who fled Boko Haram
AFP, Published on 29/10/2019
» BENIN CITY (NIGERIA) - Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for thousands of children who fled the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency in the north.