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You’re all alive because of PM Modi: Bihar Minister asserts in viral video

‘We were saved by PM Modi’s vaccine and his deft handling of the economy’

The Hindu

Monkeypox virus spread can be curtailed with right strategies in right groups: WHO official

Dr. Poonam Singh said monkeypox is self-limiting, mortality has remained low, and the cases concentrated mostly among men who have sex with men

The Hindu

Monkeypox | Centre forms task force to monitor virus situation

Centre’s move to form a task force comes days after a Kerala youth died of monkeypox-like symptoms

The Hindu

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What is ‘Centaurus’? Fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK

Inside the super-secure laboratory trying to stop the world's next pandemic

Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland is the first super secure facility tasked by the World Health Organisation to store deadly pathogens such as Covid in a bid to fight future outbreaks

Daily Mirror

World Breastfeeding Week 2022: Shedding light on importance, benefits, and history

World Breastfeeding Week is annually celebrated from August 1 to 7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Despite deaths, Africa left to fight monkeypox without vaccine

The vast majority of deaths due to monkeypox have been registered on the African continent. Africa remains the only part of the world with no doses of the vaccine, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Radio France Internationale

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First monkeypox deaths recorded in Europe - symptoms, at-risk groups and how to get vaccine

Spain has logged two deaths since Friday, believed to be the first confirmed fatalities from monkeypox in Europe.

Daily Record

Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.

Reuters

'Warn everyone': Spain's gay community acts as monkeypox spreads

Madrid (AFP) - Whether it's abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain's gay community are on the front line of the monkeypox virus and are taking action.

AFP

Brazil, Spain report first deaths from monkeypox

Brazil on Friday reported the first known monkeypox-related death outside Africa in the latest outbreak of the disease. Two other fatalities have since been reported in Spain.

Tribune News Service

Israel was a world leader in combatting COVID-19 with vaccines, now they're getting ready for monkeypox

Israel has recorded fewer than 200 cases of monkeypox but the country learned from COVID-19 that moving quickly can make or break a country's response to an infectious disease.

ABC News

Spain reports second monkeypox-linked death

Madrid (AFP) - Spain on Saturday reported its second monkeypox-related death, bringing to three the number of fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

AFP

Second death from monkeypox confirmed in Europe as outbreak continues to spread

There have now been two deaths from monkeypox in Spain as the outbreak wreaks havoc worldwide - health experts are warning the public to look out for symptoms of the virus

Daily Mirror

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Radio France Internationale

First deaths of monkeypox patients outside Africa reported in Spain, Brazil

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first non-African fatalities linked to the current outbreak of the disease.

Dynamite News

India's first monkeypox patient recovers, to be discharged from hospital today

The Kollam native, who had returned to Kerala from abroad and was hospitalised after showing symptoms of monkeypox, tested positive for the disease on July 14. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease

France 24

Spain and Brazil report first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox virus-related deaths on Friday, followed by Spain reporting its second death on Saturday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

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Al Jazeera

Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox deaths outside Africa

About 70 percent of cases in the outbreak that began in May have been found in Europe and 25 percent in the Americas.

AFP

Spain, Brazil report first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa

Madrid (AFP) - Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

Reuters

Brazil reports first monkeypox death outside Africa in current outbreak

Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first known death in the outbreak later in the day.

ABC News

Europe's summer of Omicron subvariants has immunologists pleading for the world to embrace a 'vaccine-plus' lifestyle

As a COVID-19 wave fuelled by sticky Omicron variants crashes through Europe, immunologists warn we're entering a "multi sub lineage Omicron era". Here's what it could mean for the future of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Monkeypox infection in children risks worsening global health crisis

The widening monkeypox outbreak is sparking concern that the virus could spread among a surprising cohort particularly prone to transmitting contagious infections: kids.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Edinburgh Live

Monkeypox: Symptoms to look out for as WHO declares global health emergency

As of July 21, it is said that over two thousand people in the UK were infected with monkeypox - and with cases on the rise, it's important to know the symptoms.

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