# who - Saturday 30 July, 2022
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
It is not confirmed if the deaths were actually caused by monkeypox, with autopsies still ongoing.
# Monkeypox
# Monkeypox
An advocacy group for gay and bisexual men has urged the government to secure enough vaccines for those who are vulnerable.
# who - Wednesday 27 July, 2022
# Monkeypox
A smallpox vaccine approved for use against monkeypox is to be rolled out to groups most at risk of infection The HSE and other stakeholders will now decide how to identify those most at risk The WHO has been asked to rename the virus due to concerns that stigma and shame will prevent people from seeking treatment
# who - Monday 25 July, 2022
# Monkeypox
# Monkeypox
Imvanex has been approved in the EU since 2013 for the prevention of smallpox.
# who - Saturday 23 July, 2022
# Global Health Emergency
# Global Health Emergency
The WHO has declared the surge in monkeypox to be a PHEIC, but what is a PHEIC?
# who - Thursday 21 July, 2022
# Alarm Bell
# Alarm Bell
Nearly 14,000 cases have been reported from more than 70 countries
# who - Friday 15 July, 2022
# Public Health
# Public Health
The WHO decided in June against declaring such an emergency but will reconvene next week amid rising cases.
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
24.7 million children missed their first dose of the measles vaccine, while 3.5 million missed the first vaccine for HPV.
# who - Thursday 14 July, 2022
# British Medical Journal
# British Medical Journal
Fluvoxamine and colchicine received considerable interest during the pandemic.
# who - Friday 1 July, 2022
# Monkeypox
# Monkeypox
Some 39 cases of the virus have been confirmed in Ireland.
# who - Wednesday 29 June, 2022
# Supreme Court Ruling
# Supreme Court Ruling
The World Health Organisation’s director-general said safe abortion should be understood as healthcare.
# who - Tuesday 28 June, 2022
# WHO
# WHO
The WHO also believes that the amount of cases could be underestimated.
# who - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
# Stigma
# Stigma
As of 8 June there were a total of 9 confirmed cases here.
# who - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Virus
# Virus
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said it has been notified of seven confirmed cases of monkeypox in Ireland.
# who - Sunday 5 June, 2022
# Monkeypox
# Monkeypox
The 780 cases all come from countries where the virus is not endemic.
# who - Monday 23 May, 2022
# Risk Assessment
# Risk Assessment
As of Saturday, there were 92 confirmed cases of the disease in countries where monkeypox is not endemic.
# who - Sunday 22 May, 2022
# Monkeypox
# Monkeypox
UNAIDS said ‘a significant proportion’ of recent monkeypox cases have been identified among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
# who - Thursday 19 May, 2022
# Health
# Health
Britain has confirmed nine cases of the virus since 6 May, and the United States verified its first on Wednesday.
# who - Thursday 5 May, 2022
# Excess Mortality
# Excess Mortality
The figure includes deaths directly associated with Covid as well as those due to the pandemic’s impact on the health system and society.
# who - Tuesday 3 May, 2022
# Pandemic
# Pandemic
Obesity rates in the region have ballooned by 138% in the past five decades.
# who - Friday 22 April, 2022
# New Drug
# New Drug
The WHO said the drug should be used for mild and moderate Covid patients.
# who - Wednesday 30 March, 2022
# Dr Tedros
# Dr Tedros
Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO ’s technical lead on Covid-19, said the virus still has “a lot of energy left”.
# who - Tuesday 22 March, 2022
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said a rise in cases of the virus in Europe is likely due to the more transmissible BA2 variant.
# who - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Medical Emergency
# Medical Emergency
Dr Mike Ryan has warned something has to change to allow medical resources to reach hospitals.
# who - Sunday 27 February, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The majority of hospitals could exhaust their reserves within the next 24 hours.
# who - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Afghanistan
# Afghanistan
A Taliban delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland for a week of talks.
# who - Thursday 3 February, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
This comes as a growing number of European nations lift almost all Covid-19 restrictions.
# who - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Bars, restaurants and museums in the country will be allowed to reopen from today.
# who - Monday 24 January, 2022
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
His comments come after Dr David Nabarro said the virus should not be likened to the flu.
# who - Sunday 23 January, 2022
# Omicron Variant
# Omicron Variant
Across the entire European region, Omicron accounts for 15% of all Covid-19 cases.
# who - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Germany’s cases soared past 100,000 and France reported nearly half a million cases yesterday.
# who - Tuesday 28 December, 2021
# Omicron
# Omicron
To hold back the tide, European nations brought back curbs with painful economic and social consequences.
# who - Monday 27 December, 2021
# Vaccine Equity
# Vaccine Equity
Without intellectual property rights waivers to allow developing countries to produce their own jabs, demand will continue to outstrip supply, they said.
# who - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Omicron
# Omicron
Elsewhere, drugmaker Pfizer said its coronavirus pill was effective against the variant.
# who - Thursday 9 December, 2021
# European Medicines Agency
# European Medicines Agency
The European Medicines Agency also said that early data suggested the new variant is more infectious than Delta.
# who - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Bleak Forecast
# Bleak Forecast
Austria is already back in lockdown.
# who - Thursday 4 November, 2021
# Winter Surge
# Winter Surge
WHO ’s Europe chief said hospital admissions are higher in countries where fewer people have been vaccinated.
# who - Thursday 14 October, 2021
# World Health Organisation
# World Health Organisation
The UN plans to increase rapid diagnostic testing in eight African countries.
# who - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# EBOLA
# EBOLA
The abuses were committed by the UN agency’s staff who were in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.
# who - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# World Health Organisation
# World Health Organisation
Ryan said today that masks will remain a key part of life for a long time to come.
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