There have been two confirmed cases of the virus in Ireland. The World Health Organisation has issued a warning to festival-goers regarding monkeypox ahead of the summer. Dr Hans Henri Kluge, who is the WHO’s regional director for Europe has said that some of the recent cases have been linked to large parties and events. […]
3 years ago
There has been an uptake in infections in recent weeks. An advisor to the World Health Organisation has identified a possible source of the recent Monkeypox outbreaks. As BreakingNews reports, Dr David Heymann has said that the recent European spread may have stemmed from two raves in Europe that had a high level of sexual activity. […]
3 years ago
Hospitals may see “quite a lot of illness” again. Ireland is likely to see another surge in Covid infections in four to six weeks, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The organisation’s Special Envoy on Covid Dr David Nabarro says the country may face “quite a lot of illness” again as numbers start to rise. […]
3 years ago
Experts are calling for a new vaccine with a focus on preventing transmission in the first place. World Health Organisation experts have warned that a system of repeated booster doses of the original Covid vaccines is not a viable strategy going forward. Instead, they are calling for new vaccines that better protect against transmission. On […]
4 years ago
It is a “variant of interest.” The World Health Organisation is monitoring yet another new coronavirus variant. First identified in Colombia back in January, the variant is known as “Mu” and is now under watch by the WHO. Scientifically known as B.1.621, the variant is now being classified as a “variant of interest”, the organisation […]
4 years ago
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the pandemic ending this year is ‘unrealistic’
5 years ago