monkeypox

monkeypox

Vaccines used during the smallpox eradication programme also provided protection against monkeypox. Reuters photo

What is Monkeypox and should we be worried about it?

Cases of a rare virus related to smallpox have been reported in the US, UK, Canada and Spain. Here’s what we know.

Monkeypox cases could 'accelerate', warns WHO health official in Europe

Monkeypox cases could 'accelerate', warns WHO health official in Europe

A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo :Reuters

WHO to hold emergency meeting on monkeypox on Friday: sources

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox. Photo: REUTERS

France, Belgium, Germany join growing list of nations with monkeypox cases