19 dec 2023 om 16:57 The Netherlands should have a structural vaccination program against the monkeypox virus. The Health Council advises this. The program should only target men who have sex with men, because they are at the greatest risk of infection. The monkeypox virus first broke out in the Netherlands in May 2022. 1,284 … Read more
The global outbreak of monkeypox is no longer an international emergency, according to the World Health Organization WHO. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “steady progress is being made in containing the outbreak”. The WHO chief announced the change on Thursday. In managing the outbreak, he says, there is close cooperation with the communities most … Read more
ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 6:18 pm The World Health Organization (WHO) is quick to use a different name for monkeypox, or monkeypox. From now on WHO will talk about ‘mpox’. Since the outbreak earlier this year, the organization has received several complaints that the word monkeypox is stigmatizing and discriminatory. Next year, the two names will … Read more
EPA ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 17:28 Sander Zurkak health editor Sander Zurkak health editor Large pharmaceutical companies are hardly investing in research into emerging viruses anymore, despite their experiences with the corona pandemic. This is what emerges from a research by the renowned organization Access to Medicine Foundation. According to the non-profit organization, investments are not foreseen above … Read more
– – Much less and less men and women test optimistic for the monkeypox virus. In the earlier week, 49 new bacterial infections have been recognized, the least expensive range considering the fact that mid-June. “Now there appears to be a stabilization. Globally, there also seems to be a leveling off in some countries, “the … Read more
– ANP – News from the NOS•yesterday, 16:39 — The variety of people who deal the monkeypox virus is setting up to decrease. This is confirmed by details from the Environment Wellbeing Corporation (WHO). The decrease follows a month of elevated infections. – Around the globe, 5907 individuals analyzed constructive last week, 21% much less … Read more
– Photo: CC0 – Up to and including Wednesday, 5541 people have received a preventive vaccination against the monkeypox virus. That is 3,565 more than a week ago. In all 25 GGD regions, shots are now being taken, reports the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). It is not known how many … Read more
Up to and including Wednesday, 1,976 people have received a preventive vaccination against the monkey pox virus, the RIVM reports. The institute does not report how many people were invited, so the turnout is not known. About half of the people who have had a shot (987 people) have been vaccinated by the GGD in … Read more
– Photo: Pixabay – TILBURG – The ETZ receives many questions about the vaccination for monkeypox within their HIV expertise center on a daily basis. At the moment, the GGD Hart van Brabant is busy setting up the organization of vaccination. The first vaccinations can probably be done from 6 August. The ETZ will let … Read more
The governor of the US state of California declared a state of emergency on Monday due to the increasing number of monkeypox infections. Governor Gavin Newsom hopes that this way more people can be vaccinated more quickly. New York state declared a state of emergency on Friday, followed by Illinois on Monday. Demand for monkeypox … Read more