New Delhi: In Delhi, a 30-year-old woman from Nigeria has been found to be suffering from monkeypox.

With the arrival of this case, this is the 8th case of this infection in the city and the 13th case in the country. The woman has been admitted to a Delhi government hospital.

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Washington: The United States on Thursday declared Monkeypox a public health emergency. This announcement will help in deploying federal funding and resources to combat this virus.

According to AFP, Secretary of Health and Human Services Javier Becerra said, “We are ready to take our response to this virus to the next level, we are taking concrete steps against Monkeypox seriously and appeal every American to take the situation seriously and help us to combat over this virus.”

The announcement will be effective initially for 90 days but can be extended further.

On Thursday, 6,600 cases were reported across the country, nearly a quarter of which were from New York State. Experts, however, believe that the actual number in the current outbreak may be much higher because the symptoms may be subtle, including single lesions.

Clinics in big cities such as New York and San Francisco say they have not received enough of the two-dose vaccine to meet demand. Some had to then stop giving the second dose to ensure the supply of the first dose.

The White House said it had made available more than 1.1 million doses of the vaccine and helped increase the domestic diagnostic capacity to 80,000 tests per week.

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New Delhi: The Centre has constituted a task force to monitor monkeypox cases and take a decision regarding steps to be taken to prevent infection. According to official sources, the task force will guide the government on the expansion of the testing centre to detect the infection in the country and keep an eye on the ongoing trend of virus for the prevention of the disease.

A 22-year-old man, who recently returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates, allegedly died of monkeypox on Saturday. India has so far reported four cases of the infection.

Niti Aayog member Dr. V K Paul will head the task force. The WHO recently declared Monkeypox a global public health emergency.

Globally, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 75 countries.

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Ottawa: Following reports of monkeypox virus spread in many countries, cases are being investigated in several European countries and in Canada as well as in US, Australia.

According to the information, new cases of this virus were reported in Germany, Belgium, Australia and France.

While Canada, Italy, US, Spain and United Kingdom reported the virus in their countries.

On Thursday, Canada confirmed first two cases of this virus and it has put health authorities on the alert. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed that two cases of monkeypox detected in Quebec and all measures are being taken to avoid spread of the virus, officials said.

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