Monkeypox

Kuwait City, 28th July 2022: Monkeypox outbreak Latest list of countries with reported cases #Monkeypox outbreak: #Latest list of #countries with reported cases Cases have since ballooned to more than 16,000 from than 75 countries Below is a list of non-endemic countries that have reported monkeypox cases: #ASIA-PACIFIC:- • AUSTRALIA had confirmed 44 cases as of July 25. • INDIA had reported four cases as of July 24. • JAPAN detected its first case on July 25. • NEW ZEALAND reported its second case on July 12. • SINGAPORE had confirmed 10 cases as of July 26. • SOUTH KOREA reported two cases on June 22. • TAIWAN confirmed its first case on June 24. • THAILAND confirmed its first case on July 21. #EUROPE :- • AUSTRIA had confirmed 99 cases as of July 22. • BELGIUM had detected 393 cases by July 25. • BOSNIA reported its first case on July 13. • BULGARIA had confirmed four cases as of July 22. • CROATIA had reported 10 cases by July 25. • CZECH REPUBLIC had …

Kuwait City, 23rd July 2022: Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by WHO More than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 74 countries since May The World Health Organisation has said that monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is now a global emergency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among members of WHO's emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the UN health agency has taken such an action. "In short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations," Tedros said. "I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views among the members" of the committee, he added.   Philippine mayor orders employees to smile or risk fine Hijri New Year Holiday on…

Kuwait City, 16th July 2022: MoH, Kuwait urges pilgrims to do PCR test #Kuwait : #Ministry of Health urges pilgrims to do PCR test The Ministry of Health on Tuesday demanded pilgrims to take a PCR test within a period of three days from their arrival to Kuwait. In a press statement, the ministry said the pilgrims can take the tests at the government-run Jaber Bridge Center every day from 05:00 PM to 10:00 PM and the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital from 08:00 AM to 12 PM or at any of the private medical laboratories. It advised the pilgrims to check the test result at the ministry’s Immune app and ask for help if they felt ill during the first ten days of their return. What is Monkeypox : Monkeypox is spreading globally, with health officials voicing growing concern over the outbreaks in countries where the virus is not endemic. Several U.S. cities introduced vaccination campaigns, while others offered vaccinations to high-risk people or those who think they may have been exp…