Monkeypox cases rising globally: Health officials said they may have found a third case of monkeypox virus in the United States and tests are underway on a patient in South Florida to confirm whether the person contracted the disease which is staging a rare outbreak outside. of Africa, the news agency Reuters reported.
monkeypox, First discovered in 1958, it is a viral infection of an orthopoxvirus genus virus of the family Poxviridae and claimed to have siblings such as the variola virus that causes smallpox, the vaccinia virus used in smallpox vaccination , and the smallpox virus, said Dr Rajesh Jaria, consultant. , Internal Medicine, PD Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Khar.
Here’s what we know about the monkeypox virus so far
1) In Europe, there have recently been more than 100 cases of viral infection from person-to-person contact.
2) Argentina’s health ministry said on Sunday that it has detected a suspected case of monkeypox in Buenos Aires.
3) The World Health Organization (WHO) at the time of the outbreak said on Saturday that there were 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox, mostly in Europe, but also in Canada, the United States and Australia.
4) US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that people should be wary of monkeypox, which has the potential to have “consequential” effects if it spreads further. “But it is something that everyone should be concerned about,” Biden told reporters before boarding Air Force One to fly to Tokyo. “It is a concern, if it has to spread, it will be consequential,” he said.
5) Belgium has become the first country to mandate a 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients after four cases of the disease were reported last week.
6) According to the UK Health Protection Agency, on 7 May, a case of monkeypox has been confirmed in England in a patient who had recently traveled from Nigeria.
7) On May 18, the US Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed a case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada.
8) Monkeypox transmission occurs by close contact via body fluids, respiratory droplets, and even clothing, but with limited human-to-human spread.
9) The symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache and a skin rash starting from the face and spreading to the rest of the body.
10) The first human case of monkeypox was reported in 1970 in Congo and although its natural reservoir remains unknown, non-human primates such as African rodents and monkeys may harbor the virus and infect people.
With agency input