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There are more and more detections of monkeypox worldwide. Europe is the hardest hit. “Human-to-human transmission is probably underestimated,” says WHO chief Ghebreyesus. Experts are now consulting in an emergency committee in Geneva. Worldwide, nearly 5000 monkeypox infections have been reported in humans this year. In more than 40 countries outside Africa, where monkeypox was virtually unknown until May, there were 3308 cases, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s in addition to about 1,600 suspected or confirmed cases in eight African…

In the first year of the Corona vaccination, the vaccines reduced deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infections by about 20 million worldwide. That’s according to a model calculation by British experts now published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The scientists from Imperial College in London analyzed the period between Dec. 8, 2020 – the first day of availability of a Corona vaccine – and Dec. 8, 2021. Only a portion of Corona deaths recorded worldwideThis model calculation differs from the officially reported deaths due to the Corona pandemic. Previously, more than 540…

Compulsory vaccination has officially been abolished. Now the government has decided to cancel it. A corresponding motion was introduced on Thursday in a special session of the National Council. It will be decided in July. Criticism of the abolition of the previously only suspended duty was absent. The government argued the step, on the one hand, with the lack of acceptance, on the other hand, with the fact that the general conditions had changed with the less-lethal Omicron variant: “The vaccination obligation does not bring anyone to vaccinate,” said Health…