Medical and public health officials are concerned—and puzzled—by the increasing number of confirmed monkeypox cases in countries outside central and western Africa, where the virus is endemic. Cynthia S. Goldsmith/Russell Regnery/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In the past 5 years, sc...
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On Saturday, July 23, 2022, theWHOdeclared monkeypox a public health crisis after the second International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee meeting. According to theNew England Journal of Medicine, monkeypox, which first appeared in humans in 1970, is “a zoonotic orthopox DNA virus...
Wales Dr Giri Shankar, director of health protection for Public Health Wales, said: "Public Health Wales is today (Thursday 26 May) confirming that a case of monkeypox has been identified in Wales. "We are working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Publ...
LONDON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The number of monkeypox cases in Britain exceeded 500 cases on Wednesday, according to the latest official figures. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it detected 52 additional monkeypox cases in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales, raising the ...
A total of 37 more cases of monkeypox have been detected in England and Scotland, public health officials said on Monday, taking the total to 57. Ad Thirty-six confirmed cases were found in England, and one north of the border, the UK Health Security Agency and Public Health Scotland said...
People with monkeypox should now isolate at home, if they remain well enough, and avoid contact with others until all their lesions have healed and the scabs have dried, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.1 New guidance—agreed by the four UK public health agencies in England...
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British health authorities said Wednesday they had identified two new cases of monkeypox, one in London and another in southeast England. They said neither case had previously traveled to Africa and that it was possible they were infected in the U.K. The cases had no known links to other pr...
In recent weeks, public health leaders have become increasingly concerned that the UKHSA, which was established last year after the disbandment of its predecessor Public Health England, has been slow to grasp the scale and impact of the outbreak. One senior director of public health said: “We...