Jakarta – The Philippines confirmed two new Mpox cases on Monday (26/8/2024). The good news is that both cases are the clade 2b variant, which is thought to cause milder symptoms. In Asia, only Thailand reported the clade 1b variant with a high mortality rate. The total number of active Mpox patients in the Philippines … Read more
Denpasar – Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said there was no ban on Thai citizens entering Indonesia so far. This is after cases of Mpox or monkey pox were discovered. “There is no (prevention) as it is today. So everyone is alert. However, there is no need to panic and the … Read more
Kurnia Dwi Artanti, Lecturer in Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health (FKM), Airlangga University (Unair) emphasized the importance of preventing the spread of monkey pox virus or Monkeypox (Mpox) in Indonesia. In addition, the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has reported a spike in Indonesian Mpok cases. That is, until mid-August, there were about 88 confirmed … Read more
Location of the Piedmont Region The Directorate of Health of the Piedmont Region says – reporting on the national media – that they have complied with the indications given by the Ministry of Health in the smallpox circular sent to the local health authorities. But the document refers to guidelines that have been superseded by … Read more
DAKAR, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) — Senegal has deployed “at the national level” its surveillance system to deal with the possibility of the appearance of the mpox virus (monkeypox), APS reported on Friday, citing the chief physician of the Surveillance and Vaccine Response Division at the Prevention Directorate of the Ministry of Health and Social Action, … Read more
SinPo.id – The director of WHO’s Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, Maria Van Kerkhove, said that smallpox, which is transmitted through skin contact, is not the same as the Covid-19 virus, which is transmitted through air. The two do not spread in the same way. “We do not see the same situation … Read more
The Mexican vaccine against Covidcall Patriacould start to apply to This winter season, This was reported by the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Ruy López Ridaura, who also assured that already Cases of this disease are declining in our country. Right now, the outbreak of Covid that we had in the summer is starting … Read more
The Civil Service Commission will be talking to the Disease Control Department, the Ministry of Public Health and related agencies. Consider international guidelines and measures. To support Mpox (monkeypox) surveillance, measures have been added to require travelers from high-risk areas to register for the Thai Health Passport system. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) … Read more
Jakarta – Temperature and visual checks will be carried out at Changi and Seletar Airports, Singapore starting on 23 August 2024. This policy is being implemented to prevent entry from overseas. Quoted from Times of the StraitsOn Friday (23/8/2024), the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Transport, Immigration and Checkpoint Authority said they will increase … Read more
The representative of that group in this South American country, Sonia Quezada, explained to the local channel Ecuavisa that since no case of the new type of the virus has been reported yet in Latin America, the drugs will not be apply only for health workers and people. who has contact with a sick person. … Read more