Canada-Europe is shocked! Dozens of monkey pox infected with smallpox – US finds first case
Canada-Europe is shocked! – AFP reported on May 19 to panic in Canada. After the public health agency announced that it would expedite the investigation of suspected cases of infection. “Smallpox Monkey” Dozens, while Spain and Portugal have identified a handful of cases and more than 40 suspected cases are possible.
As for England, which reported its first case of monkeypox on May 6. It said two new cases had been confirmed, bringing the total to nine, and the United States just announced its first case of monkeypox on Wednesday, May 18 local time. is a man living in Massachusetts and the infection was detected after returning from Canada.
An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. CDC/Brian W.J. Mahy/Handout via REUTERS
The World Health Organization (WHO) previously said it was coordinating with British and European health officials on the smallpox outbreak. Although most patients recover and recover in a few weeks. But monkeypox is spreading in Africa. and is difficult to find in Europe including North America
“We need to understand the extent of monkeypox in endemic countries. To understand the risks that will occur to people in that country as well as the risk of an outbreak outside the country,” a World Health Organization official said.
In this regard, monkey pox or monkey smallpox It is caused by a virus found in primates and rodents. There is a chance of contact with people, but very few. through contact with the blood or secretions of diseased animals Symptoms are similar to smallpox but are less severe. And patients with this infection have a 1-10% chance of dying.
An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. /CDC/Handout via REUTERS
An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996 to 1997, shows the arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. CDC/Brian W.J. Mahy/Handout via REUTERS
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