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    Gaza remains at ‘high risk’ of polio virus spread, warn UN aid teams

    “At least two rounds of [orally delivered polio vaccine] shall be essential to shut down transmission,” the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) defined in an replace. The growth comes after vaccine-derived poliovirus sort 2 was recognized on 16 July by the Global Polio Laboratory Network in sewage samples collected on 23 […] More

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    WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case

    The outbreak that affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and unfold to neighbouring nations continues to develop. On Thursday afternoon, WHO member Sweden turned the primary nation outdoors Africa to document a case of the mpox Clade 1 variant that’s believed to be driving the most recent outbreak.   “We are arduous at […] More

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    Health ministry reveals comprehensive guidelines at airports to prevent mpox spread

    People are gathered on the Islamabad International Airport. — Geo News/ File KARACHI: In the wake of the risk posed by the latest world outbreak of the monkeypox virus, the Federal Ministry of Health has issued strict tips provisioning screening, isolation and different preventive measures on the nation’s  worldwide airports. The ministry’s notification dated August […] More