Immediate actions focus on informing those who may be most at risk for monkeypox infection with accurate information, in order to stop further spread. The situation is evolving and WHO expects there will be more cases of monkeypox identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries. The objective of this Disease Outbreak News is to raise awareness, inform readiness and response efforts, and provide technical guidance for immediate recommended actions. Based on currently available information, cases have mainly but not exclusively been identified amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) seeking care in primary care and sexual health clinics. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing, however, reported cases thus far have no established travel links to endemic areas. The 28-year-old has won six gold medals in Birmingham to take her overall tally of golds to 14.Įngland's Olympic 200-meter freestyle champion Tom Dean finally got his hands on a gold medal after six silvers, touching 0.08 second ahead of Australia's Kyle Chalmers in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay.Īustralia finished with 25 swimming gold medals out of a total of 52, with the overall tally including swimming and para-swimming events.Įlsewhere on Day Six of the Games, England's Georgina Kennedy beat Canada's Hollie Naughton in four games to win the women's squash final.Since, cases of monkeypox have been reported to WHO from 12 Member States that are not endemic for monkeypox virus, across three WHO regions. Something has clicked."Įmma McKeon won a record-extending 20th Commonwealth medal as Australia brought the swimming events to a close by winning the women's 4x100-meter medley relay. "It's a year ago since I was giving my interviews and burst into tears because of a bad swim at the Olympics," said the world champion, who also won the 50-meter butterfly in Birmingham. Performing under that pressure is tough."Įngland's Ben Proud won his third straight Commonwealth men's 50-meter freestyle title, dominating the field to win in 21.36 seconds. "Potentially there's more pressure here to win than at the Olympics sometimes because we are so dominant. "I think that, back home, Australia really prides itself on success in the pool at the Comm Games," she said. Titmus said it was crucial to have race practice in a high-pressure situation. I believed I had the capacity to do that and I'm happy I did," she said. "I came here with the goal to win all four. She leaves Birmingham with four golds in total after being part of Australia's winning team in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. The Olympic 200-meter and 400-meter champion skipped the world championships in Budapest in June, where she would have faced US star Katie Ledecky, to focus on the Commonwealth Games. The 21-year-old dominated the race, touching in 3 minutes 58.06 seconds to see off the challenge of Canada's 15-year-old Summer McIntosh.
On the final night of action at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, 400-meter world record holder Titmus beat a high-class field after her earlier triumphs in the 200-meter and 800-meter freestyle. Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 meters in a time of 10.02 seconds while Scotland's Eilish McColgan emulated her mother Liz McColgan in winning the women's 10,000 meters. "You know when you feel pain, you didn't feel it, so I have got them to thank for that performance." "It was the crowd who got me through the competition, especially the 800m when the noise was so loud." "It feels incredible to do that in front of my home crowd," said the 29-year-old, who finished a disappointing eighth at the world championships. Johnson-Thompson ended her drought since the 2019 world championships by racking up 6,377 points in the heptathlon to finish 144 points clear of Northern Ireland's Kate O'Connor. "I didn't have the best execution but nevertheless I had to dig for that one but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth Games." Jamaica's Thompson-Herah finished a disappointing third behind compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in the 100-meter at July's world championships in Eugene, Oregon.īut she was the only one of three in the field at the Alexander Stadium and she made no mistake, crossing the line in 10.95 seconds to win the title for the first time.
Photo: AFPOlympic 100-meter champion Elaine Thompson-Herah cruised to Commonwealth gold on Wednesday as Australia's Ariarne Titmus completed a stunning individual freestyle treble on the last night of swimming action.Įlsewhere on the second day of track and field action in Birmingham, England's Katarina Johnson-Thompson claimed her first heptathlon title for three years as she retained her crown. Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah celebrates after the Women's 100-meter final athletics event at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, central England, on August 3, 2022.
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