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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers performed a cross-sectional study to evaluate the outlook of healthcare workers (HCWs) of France and Belgium towards Monkeypox virus (MPXV) vaccination. After two years of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, studies have not determined attitudes toward vaccination against a newly emerging pathogen, particularly in France, where the government mandated high vaccine coverage for HCWs. Nevertheless, it is certain that vaccine hesitancy affects HCWs and impacts their vaccination status. Europe is the epicenter of the recent MPXV outbreak, with thousands of cases reported by August 2022. Reports have also pointed at cases among HCWs with no identified occupational exposure. Considering the high risk to HCWs, especially the staff working in high consequence infectious diseases units, Monkeypox patients-dedicated units, and outpatients sexual health clinics, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended t...

The first case of monkeypox was first reported in South Kerala on 14 July. Since then, after many cases have come to light, a new case of monkeypox has come up in Delhi. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the outbreak of this disease is spreading rapidly all over the world. We have very little information about the medium through which it is spreading. However, expressing concern over the rapidly spreading cases of monkeypox, the World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency. WHO has called upon all countries to be serious on this issue. There itselfThe World Health Organization, citing sex between men as the reason for the spread of monkeypox, has advised to take special care of the human rights and dignity of the people of the affected community. Spread of Monkeypox among men Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the first Indian doctor elected as Regional Director of the World Health Organization's South-East Asia Region, expressed con...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease. The increasing cases of this disease in many developed countries of the world are worrying. Monkeypox infection is spread through close contact with an infected person or animal, its symptoms can last for 2 to 4 weeks. It is not very fatal but in many cases it can cause serious health problems. Its mortality rate in severe cases has been reported to be 3-6 percent. Monkeypox knock in India? - Photo : Pixabay In many European countries, cases of monkeypox infection are increasing rapidly for the last one month. The infection is more commonly seen in parts of Central and West Africa, although since the first case in England in early May, it has spread rapidly to nine European countries, including the US, Canada and Australia. So has monkeypox knocked in India too? This question is arising because recently the Health Department of Ghaziabad has sent a sample of a five-year-old girl for investigation ...

Monkeypox virus also known as the Moneypox virus, is a double-stranded DNA, zoonotic virus and a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. It is one of the human orthopoxviruses that includes variola, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses. What is monkeypox? monkeypox has also knocked in the midst of Corona. Monkeypox infection is increasing in European countries.That outbreak, the first reported from outside of Africa, was traced back to the importation of small mammals from Ghana. However, in the past few years there has been small increases in exported monkeypox cases. The U.S. detected two in 2021, both in travelers who had returned from Nigeria.Fever comes after being infected with monkeypox and this disease also gets cured in a few weeks. In some cases the infection was serious. In Central and West Africa, this infection has been infecting thousands of people for years, but it is a new thing in Europe. America has told that a person living in Massachusetts has come ...