Uganda

In the collective unconscious, September 1999 will likely forever be associated with the devastating Athens earthquake.

After his trip to Uganda with Giorgos Mavridis for the filming of their upcoming travel show, Sakis Tanimanidis has returned to Greece.

The presenter shared this news with a photo he posted on Instagram.

Marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in a Ugandan hospital after being attacked by her boyfriend. The athlete, who placed 44th in the Olympic marathon in Paris, sustained burns on 75% of her body after her boyfriend doused her with gasoline and set her on fire.

Ankara's local health authorities have refuted claims that two hospitals in the capital have initiated Türkiye's first mpox quarantine.

The private broadcaster Sözcü TV reported that an individual brought to Ankara Etlik City Hospital was quarantined under suspicion of mpox.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing a sharp rise in mpox cases and deaths as it awaits vaccine shipments from the United States and Japan, the country's health minister reported on Monday.

Greek health authorities are on heightened alert for the prevention and early detection of mpox (monkeypox) virus cases and have announced the establishment of more vaccination centers for high-risk groups.

This file photo taken on August 9, 2022 shows vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California.

Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

The WHO on Thursday warned that further imported cases of the new, more dangerous mpox strain in Europe were likely, after Sweden announced the first such infection outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed hundreds in the DR Congo.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

Worried by the rise in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the spread to nearby countries, the WHO hastily convened a meeting of experts to study the outbreak.

At least 25 people have been killed in a landslide at a massive landfill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, according to local authorities, who do not expect to find any survivors under the mountains of waste.