Move signals mpox crisis, spread through direct contact with body fluids and causes pus-filled skin lesions, has come under control
Monkeypox
Some 2,300 people died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018. In 2021, a similar outbreak claimed just 11 lives thanks to swift action
Stephen Donnelly will also update Ministers on ‘improving situation’ inside emergency departments
Authorities believe Covid-19 hampered testing, resulting in an under-reporting in 2021
A total of 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in Ireland, most recent figures show
Deaths last week from virus were at lowest level since March 2020 but ‘this is not the time to relax or let down our guard’, Tedros warns
The perception that Aids was a gay disease, one that could be contained by stigmatising gay relationships, hampered efforts to ameliorate its spread
Case with new strain is linked with travel to west Africa, public health officials have said.
Public-health researchers say the term evokes racist stereotypes, reinforces offensive tropes and can stop people seeking care
Dr Muiris Houston on whether you can catch the virus from clothes, whether it’s transmitted through the air, and more
State currently has vaccines to treat only 10 per cent of estimated 6,000 to 6,500 people identified as at risk
HSE says 6,000 people are at heightened risk of virus but initial phase of vaccine rollout will cover only 600
No details about when vaccine roll-out will start, who will be responsible for administering it nor where they would take place have been provided
Social Democrats accuse Minister of ‘worrying lack of urgency’ on starting vaccinations for at-risk groups
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