September 20, 2022 at 2:13 am
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Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has sparked controversy by warning the public not to have “direct skin-to-skin contact” with foreigners.
A day after the first case of monkeypox was detected in mainland China, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, sparked controversy by warning the public not to have “skin-to-skin contact -direct skin” with foreigners.
The southwestern city of Chongqing found a case of monkeypox on September 16. Wu Zunyou suggested on Weibo: “Do not have direct skin-to-skin contact with foreigners.”
Some critics have dismissed the description as racist, and the post has now been disabled for commenting.
Wu Zunyou wrote on Weibo that his appeal was to “prevent possible monkeypox infection and as our daily healthy lifestyle.”
In addition to this recommendation, he also called on the public to “not have skin-to-skin contact with people who have recently returned from abroad (within three weeks)” and “who do not have skin-to- skin with strangers. .”
Wu Zunyou also appealed to “pay attention to good hand hygiene”, “use public toilets, including hotel toilets on business trips, if you use toilets, use disposable toilet paper as much as possible, and if conditions are not allow, you will also be able to use a tissue wet with alcohol or dipped in hot water Dry with a paper towel before use.”
A 29-year-old Chinese salesman was the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Chongqing, according to “Site Records” released Monday (Sept. 19) by the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly report.
He had “a lot of sex” after visiting Germany on September 2, then traveled to Spain and returned to Chongqing on September 14.
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The southwestern city of Chongqing found an outbreak of monkeypox on September 16.
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A statement issued by the Chongqing Municipal Health and Health Commission said the patient was discovered due to rash-like symptoms during a central quarantine for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in China.
The statement also said that all those in close contact with the confirmed cases have been quarantined and put under medical observation.
As China’s top epidemiologist, Wu Zunyou’s Weibo was widely reposted on social media over the weekend, and criticized by many for her nearly 500,000 followers.
“(To say that) is very inappropriate. At the beginning of the epidemic, some foreigners came forward (to defend us), saying that the Chinese do not represent the virus.”
“How racist is this? What about someone like me who has lived in China for almost ten years? We haven’t seen our family for three or four years because the border is closed,” wrote another Weibo user who appeared is a foreigner way.
Since the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic, China is one of the countries in the world that has adopted the strictest anti-epidemic measures, including strict control of entry and exit, rapid blockade, nucleic acid tests on large scale and travel ban.
The monkeypox virus is spread through close contact with an infected person, animal or contaminated material and usually causes symptoms such as fever, headache and rash.
About 90 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the infectious disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared monkeypox an international public health emergency.
There are currently more than 60,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide, and some non-traditional monkeypox-endemic countries have reported associated deaths.
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Symptoms of monkeypox include a rash that starts on the face and spreads throughout the body.
