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As of now, the spread is not rampant, but looking into the infection, the exporters are definitely concerned, hoping it will not spread,
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Director General Ajay Sahai said India must remain vigilant to the evolving situation. India should take precautionary measures to mitigate any potential disruptions in trade and ensure that its public health responses are well-coordinated to prevent the virus from impacting its economy,
The consequences of failing to respond robustly to these declarations could be severe, potentially leading to the increased spread of new and more dangerous variants. The risk of a failure to act now is not just a risk to Africa, but to the rest of the world.”
Dr Ebere Okereke, associate fellow in the global health programme at Chatham House, said Although the possibility of a few imported cases being detected in the coming weeks is not entirely ruled out, it was assessed that the risk of a large outbreak with sustained transmission is presently low for India. The situation is being monitored closely by the ministry,
In the meeting chaired by the Union Health Minister, it was decided that as a matter of abundant caution, certain measures [such as sensitising the health units at all the airports, seaports, and ground crossings; readying the testing Laboratories (32 in no.); gearing up health facilities for detecting, isolating and managing any case, etc.] are put in place,
Right now, the CDC estimates that risk to the U.S. is low, but as we have seen multiple times over the past few years, infections and outbreaks that start in other countries can quickly spread to the U.S.,
Availability of vaccines is very limited, representing a major bottleneck for the control strategies,
A coordinated global effort to contain MPXV spread in Africa may prevent what happened in 2022 from happening again. There was an ongoing clade 2 MPXV outbreak in Nigeria since 2017, with evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission, but this situation only caught global attention when it spread to several Western countries and caused the international outbreak in 2022."
You can think of it maybe a bit like chicken pox. It can spread person to person, especially those living in the same household with close contacts. So that transmissibility (is) likely lower, significantly lower, maybe than COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases,
Stay healthy, because if you are healthy, less likely you'll be affected by all these diseases,
We have informed all medical practitioners and healthcare institutions to be vigilant in detecting and reporting all mpox cases, including those suspected of clade I infections,
There are several strains, one major strain that we've been encountering that's called clade II. Clade II has a fairly low case fatality rate, about 0.2 per cent,
he added, which means there are two deaths out of every 1,000 people who are infected Of course, these are numbers recorded from Africa ... Africa has many healthcare challenges, and coming to Singapore, with our healthcare system and our ability to treat the cases, we hope we can bring it down significantly,
The Ministry of Health wishes to reassure Kenyans that there is no active case of Mpox disease in the country following the uneventful recovery of the index case,
Kenya has very strong disease surveillance across the 47 counties at all entry points. We are capable of detecting early and screening is ongoing as we speak. As of 12th August, a total of 250 travellers have been screened across the country against Mpox,
At the border points, you will find active equipment like thermoguns, thermoscanners, personal protective equipment, handwashing facilities, and hand sanitisers. We are also sensitising the masses on what they need to do to prevent Mpox,
she told Citizen TV on Friday We’re paying attention to it now, but mpox has been spreading since 2017 in Congo and Nigeria,
We know nothing about this,
Bagheni’s husband, Habumuremyiza Hire, said Thursday about mpox It is not surprising... that travel between continents has brought this case to Europe,
said Brian Ferguson, an Associate Professor of Immunology at the University of Cambridge The emergence of a new clade of mpox, its rapid spread in eastern DRC, and the reporting of cases in several neighboring countries are very worrying. On top of outbreaks of other mpox clades in DRC and other countries in Africa, it’s clear that a coordinated international response is needed to stop these outbreaks and save lives.”
In announcing the emergency, WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said