Health: Monkeypox – How concerned should we be? – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 23-May-2022
- Source: Gulf Digital News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Gulf
Health: Monkeypox – How concerned should we be? – Gulf Digital News
NEW YORK: Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west and central Africa.
As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported from 12 member states that are not endemic for the virus, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The UN agency said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found, and will provide further guidance and recommendations in coming days for countries on how to mitigate the spread of monkeypox.
The following is what is known about the current outbreak and relative risk of monkeypox:
HOW DANGEROUS IS IT?
The risk to the general public is low at this time, a US public health official told reporters at a briefing on Friday.
Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms including fever, aches and presents with a distinctive bumpy rash.
It is related to smallpox, but is usually milder, particularly the West African strain of the virus that was identified in a US case, which has a fatality rate of around 1%. Most people fully recover in two to
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