Medical

Kuwait inks KD-107-mln contracts to prop up medicine security

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health has signed 145 contracts worth KD 107 million (around USD 350 million) as part of ongoing endeavors to launch new hospitals and clincs in a bid to promote the country’s medicine security.

The Ministry’s Assistant Under…

Ivory Coast reports 28 Mpox cases, one fatality

ALGIERS, Deputy Director of the National Public Health Institute of Ivory Coast Dr. Daouda Koulibaly said that 28 infections with Mpox (monkeypox) had been confirmed across the country until yesterday, including one fatality.

The first infection cas…

To combat “monkeypox”, France opens 232 vaccination centers

Paris – Ma’an – French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that “232 vaccination centers have been opened to deal with the possibility of an outbreak of monkeypox,” and promised to provide 100,000 doses of vaccines to the most affected countries.

Thailand announces 1st suspected case of new Mpox strain

Health authorities in Thailand announced on Wednesday the first suspected case of the new Mpox (Clade 1b).

Head of Thailand’s Department of Disease Control Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn said, “We have done a test and they definitely have Mpox and it’…