The World Health Organization yesterday, June 23, 2022, officially announced the start of a pandemic, according to the organization’s website. According to BB.LV, referring to WHO data, the incidence of monkeypox continues to grow – in the world, according to official statistics, there are already almost 3.5 thousand victims. Experts express concern that humanity is […]
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EU stocks up on monkeypox vaccines
Brussels announced common measures to protect against monkeypox and signs an agreement on the purchase of vaccines. Having curbed the coronavirus, at least temporarily, the EU is rushing to fight monkeypox. And not that this virus is deadly, but for immunocompromised people, children and pregnant women, it can pose a certain threat. More than 900 […]
Coronavirus and monkeypox – forecasts for the fall
Theodoros Vasilakopoulos spoke about the new coronavirus vaccine in the fall and about the forecasts of experts, noting: “We will have more cases of monkeypox.” The professor of pulmonology-intensive care said that an updated covid vaccine for all age groups will appear in the fall: “For the entire population, from September-October, there will definitely be […]
Greece: First case of monkeypox
The first case of monkeypox in humans, officially confirmed, was detected in Greece, the man recently returned from Portugal. The patient was admitted with characteristic symptoms to the hospital “Ανδρέας Συγγρός”, according to the National Public Health Organization ΕΟΔΥ. After examining the patient, a sample was taken from him for testing, which was sent for […]
Greece: Monkeypox suspected not confirmed
According to ΕΟΔΥ, laboratory testing of the sample did not confirm monkeypox, but found the chickenpox virus in a British tourist hospitalized at Attikon Hospital. EODY Announcement Quotes in Detail protothema: Laboratory testing of a sample from a suspected male admitted to ATTIKON hospital found no monkeypox virus, while the sample tested positive in two […]
First case of possible monkeypox infection detected in Greece
A tourist from the UK, who came to rest in Greece with a companion, is suspected of having monkeypox. Test results will be ready on Monday. The Greek Ministry of Health is investigating the suspicious case with the utmost care. The man was found to have a characteristic rash on his body and other symptoms […]
Elias Mosialos: What we know about the monkeypox virus
Professor Elias Mosialos sheds light on what we know about the smallpox virus, which has a growing number of cases around the world. In a social media post Elias Mosialosprofessor of health policy at Imperial College and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), answers 14 questions about the monkeypox virus. Below is […]