Bengaluru: A suspected case of Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was reported in Bengaluru late on Wednesday, marking what ...

The recent cases of the virus among Saudi returnees should be a wake-up call for us.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has clarified that rumours about the World Health Organization ...

The Director-General accepted the advice of the Emergency Committee and declared Covid-19 a PHEIC on Jan. 30, 2020. The Committee continues to meet every 3 months to review the case and reissue ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the recent COVID-19 outbreak in China as a global health emergency, highlighting concerns about its potential impact on countries with limited ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), raising global alarm over the ...

WHO’s emergency committee on the epidemic had reportedly met Thursday afternoon and recommended designating the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, PHEIC. The decision ...

"The decision to declare a PHEIC (Procedures concerning public health emergencies of international concern) was taken primarily because of the signs of human-to-human transmission outside China ...

Due to the potential threat posed by the new strains of mpox the World Health Organisation on August 14th, 2024 declared it as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).