MPOX

Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) raised its travel alert for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and six other African countries on Thursday after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

Taiwan on Tuesday reported the nation's first death from mpox involving a Taiwanese man in his 30s, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday raised a travel notice relating to mpox (monkeypox) for China and Thailand following surges in cases of the disease there, advising people to practice precaution when traveling to the two countries.

Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Wednesday announced it would expand the mpox (monkeypox) vaccination eligibility criteria in order to include more high-risk groups across the country, in a push to combat the current outbreak.

A Taiwanese woman in her 90s has recovered from mpox (monkeypox), Taiwan's first case of a woman with the disease, the Center Disease Center (CDC) reported Tuesday.

A four-year boy tested positive for mpox (monkeypox) Wednesday and is believed to have been infected by a family member, Taiwan's first case of the disease in a child, Center Disease Center (CDC) Deputy Director General Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) said.

Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported on Tuesday a new weekly high of 13 local mpox (monkeypox) cases in the country over the last week, with northern Taiwan seeing a greater risk.

Online registration for a new round of mpox vaccines to be administered at 48 designated hospitals in Taiwan will begin on April 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Slots for 3,000 mpox vaccines were fully booked within 10 minutes of online registration opening Tuesday, as the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported one new imported and three domestically transmitted cases of the disease.

Online registration for 2,500 mpox vaccines to be administered in Taiwan's six largest cities on Thursday will open at 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).