Sudan Reports First Confirmed Monkeypox Case

Test tube labelled monkeypox virus positive. Reuters file photo
Test tube labelled monkeypox virus positive. Reuters file photo
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Sudan Reports First Confirmed Monkeypox Case

Test tube labelled monkeypox virus positive. Reuters file photo
Test tube labelled monkeypox virus positive. Reuters file photo

Sudan reported its first confirmed Monkeypox case, the country's health ministry said late on Sunday.

A 16-year-old student was confirmed sick with the disease in West Darfur state, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

The ministry said there were at least 38 suspected cases of monkeypox and all tested negative to the virus but one in West Darfur. It said health authorities were working to determine the student's contacts to limit the spread of the virus.

An outbreak of monkeypox could be devastating for Sudan, which suffered from decades of conflict in Darfur and other parts of the country, and international isolation. The East African nation is in turmoil since a military coup last year derailed its short-lived transition to democracy.



Explosion in Syria's Idlib Kills Civilians, Al Ekhbariah TV Reports

File photo: Smoke plume billows following Syrian regime air strike on residential district of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province last week. (AFP)
File photo: Smoke plume billows following Syrian regime air strike on residential district of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province last week. (AFP)
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Explosion in Syria's Idlib Kills Civilians, Al Ekhbariah TV Reports

File photo: Smoke plume billows following Syrian regime air strike on residential district of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province last week. (AFP)
File photo: Smoke plume billows following Syrian regime air strike on residential district of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province last week. (AFP)

An explosion rocked the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Thursday, state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported, and an unspecified number of people were killed or injured, the local emergency operations department said.

The cause of the blast was not immediately known, the TV report said.