The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a warning to any Brits returning from certain countries amid a serious outbreak of a potentially dangerous infection. Health experts say travellers need to seek immediate advice if they spot three specific symptoms. These could signal an mpox infection, an illness that has been declared a public … Read more
Mpox has symptoms similar to smallpox, although less severe, according to WHO. (File) New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that droplets were a “minor” route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more research is required to understand how the virus spreads. The UN health agency declared mpox a … Read more
Britons set to travel to Spain in the coming weeks have been warned that the Spanish Government could soon implement extra health checks to prevent a deadly disease from spreading as it’s declared a “public health emergency of international concern” Concerns about an uptick in mpox cases across Europe are escalating following the identification of … Read more
Health officials in Thailand have confirmed a case of the version of mpox that led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. The second instance of this deadlier version being reported outside Africa follows its recent detection in Sweden. Concerns about the virus’s wider spread are rising, particularly since this new version, … Read more
The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and other African regions a global emergency, necessitating immediate action to halt the virus’s spread. Sweden has reported its first case of a new strain of mpox, previously confined to Africa, in a traveller. As a result, health authorities across Europe are preparing for … Read more
