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Globally, cases of COVID-19 and related deaths are lower in June 2022 than they were at the beginning of the year. But the infection numbers are rising. Africa is no exception.

More than 1,000 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The World Health Organisation is encouraging countries to consider surveillance and contact tracing in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.

There are now more than 900 cases across the UK

The disease is a leading killer of under fives across Africa. But trials for a new vaccine suggest an end to the death toll could be in sight

WHO has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, but will continue to monitor the outbreak.

Almost two-thirds of the world's population has now received at least one dose since the first Covid-19 vaccine was administered outside of a clinical trial

The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently constitute a global health emergency. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened a committee of experts on Thursday to advise him whether to sound the UN health agency's strongest alarm…

GENEVA: The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently amount to a global public health emergency.