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Consuming bush meat doesn’t spread monkeypox Kumasi traders insist

Bush meat sellers in Kumasi have rejected findings that consumption can spread the monkeypox virus. This comes on the back of a warning by the...

Ghana is battling three outbreaks – GHS announces

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that the country is currently battling three diseases. Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, during a press...

Monkeypox: Nigeria bans bushmeat to prevent virus spread

The Nigerian government has banned the sale of bushmeat as a precaution to stop the spread of monkeypox. Six cases have been detected in the...

Monkeypox patients should avoid pet contact

Monkeypox patients should avoid any contact with their pets for 21 days, according to new advice from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). So far,...

Monkeypox virus not foreign, we can contain the outbreak – WHO

The World Health Organisation has determined that the virus causing the monkeypox outbreak is no foreign virus, therefore, can be contained. Rosamund Lewis, the Head...

No monkeypox detected in Western Region Ghana Health Service

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has refuted the assertion suggesting that the Western Region has recorded its first case of monkeypox. In a press release...

Monkeypox: Cases detected in three more countries for first time

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox. The Czech Republic and Slovenia also reported their...

Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries

More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries. The World Health Organization has said another 50 suspected cases are...

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