During a recent press conference, Sylvie Briand, the World Health Organization’s head of pandemic preparedness and prevention, issued a warning about monkeypox. It warned that there could be hundreds of monkeypox cases diagnosed last month across Europe, North and South America and Israel. and the Emirates Australia is just the tip of the iceberg.
Briand suggested there could be “many undetected cases in communities”, where Symptoms of monkeypox do not appear immediately.
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Infected individuals initially complain of influenza-like illnesses such as fever, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes before a chickenpox-like rash appears on the face and body. While there is no known cure for the virus, it usually regresses within two to four weeks.
Although she said “we know we’ll have more cases in the coming days”, Briand discouraged people from panicking, insisting that “this is not a disease the general public should worry about. It’s not Covid or other diseases that spread quickly.” “.
While the World Health Organization is still trying to determine the exact origin of the recent monkeypox outbreak, there is no indication that the virus responsible has mutated or become more serious.
The organization held an emergency meeting last week to discuss the outbreak, which began earlier this month, most likely in the United Kingdom among individuals who have traveled to Nigeria. The disease is endemic to West and Central Africa, although it is rarely found outside the continent.
Maria Van Kerkhove, an official with the World Health Organization, confirmed that the majority of cases detected outside Africa were found in men who had sexual contact with men, and that early reports of outbreaks in Belgium and Spain had links to large gay festivals in those countries.
More than 200 cases have been diagnosed in 20 countries around the world, according to the World Health Organization, with most of them in the United Kingdom. And last week Belgium became the only country to announce a mandatory 21-day quarantine for infected individuals.