"monkeypox"

The monkeypox virus can be killed at a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius, a senior virologist said, citing international research.

It is too soon for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to refer to monkeypox subvariants as clades, an expert virologist said.

A Thai woman returning from Dubai on Sunday became the fifth confirmed monkeypox patient in Thailand, the Disease Control Department (DCD) chief said on Monday.

Most Thais are worried about monkeypox while fewer than half think the government can handle the situation, according to a new survey.

Agencies have received orders from the prime minister to tackle two urgent issues, Bangkok floods and the monkeypox outbreak.

The smallpox vaccine that most people received as children have enough immunity against monkeypox for at least 88 years, an immunologist said.

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration (GDI) has elected to expel the Nigerian monkeypox patient who fled Thailand after testing positive and will ban him from entering Cambodia for three years.

Getting vaccinated could help reduce the severity of symptoms of monkeypox patients, a senior virologist said.

The Nigerian monkeypox patient who fled from Thailand to Cambodia has recovered and was discharged from hospital on Saturday, the Cambodian Health Ministry’s spokesperson Or Vandine said.

A top virologist shed some light on why monkeypox patients develop pus-filled cysts on their bodies, especially in the genital area.

SINGAPORE - Two new local cases of monkeypox were confirmed on Friday (Aug 5), including the first local linked case.

A 22-year-old Thai woman has been confirmed as the fourth monkeypox case in Thailand. All previously confirmed cases are men — Nigerian, Thai and German nationals.