11 new cases of monkeypox discovered in UK
Eleven new cases of monkey pox have been identified in the United Kingdom, bringing the number of infected people in the country to 20, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said Friday.
The British Health Security Agency (UKHSA) “confirmed 11 new cases of monkeypox in the UK,” tweeted Sajid Javid, adding that he had informed his G7 counterparts.
“Most cases are mild and I can confirm that we have made more doses of effective monkeypox vaccines available,” he added.
Should France Restock Its Smallpox Vaccine Stocks?
While dozens of monkey pox cases have been discovered in Europe and the United States in recent days, including one in France, should France replenish its stocks of smallpox vaccines?
In any case, Spain has decided to take the lead. While the death rate from the infection is between 1 and 10%, the Iberian kingdom on Thursday pledged to purchase thousands of smallpox vaccines, normally intended to fight smallpox, an extremely serious disease that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it eradicated in 1980.
In France, the vaccination against smallpox was finally withdrawn in 1984, making the population particularly vulnerable to this disease and its derivatives.
>> All information on the subject can be read here.
First case of monkey pox discovered in Germany
According to the Bundeswehr Institute for Microbiology in Munich, a first case of monkeypox infection was detected in Germany on Thursday. the mirror this Friday.
Modes of transmission, prevention: what is monkeypox, the first case of which was discovered in France?
After the UK, Portugal, Spain and even Canada and the United States, which reported on Wednesday that they had found people with monkey pox on their soilFrance, in turn, discovered a case on its national territory this Friday.
Monkeypox, or simian orthopox virus, is a virus transmitted from animals to humans that is transmitted by coming into contact with its respiratory secretions, or by touching infected lesions, as well as biological fluids.
>> All information about this virus in our article.
First confirmed case of monkey pox in France
A first case of monkeypox infection was discovered on national territory in Île-de-France on Thursday, the Directorate-General for Health announced on Friday.
“As soon as his infection was suspected, this person was taken care of. For lack of seriousness, he is isolated in his home,” the ministry said.
The patient is a 29-year-old man with no history of traveling to a country where the virus is circulating.
>> All information about this announcement can be found here.
“Death rate is much higher” than before Covid-19: epidemiologist Yves Buisson warns against monkey pox
Should we be concerned about the dozens of cases discovered in humans in Europe and North America since early May?
For epidemiologist Yves Buisson, “it must be taken into account because the death rate is much higher” than for Covid, “especially because the French population is now no longer protected by vaccination against smallpox as it has been in the past,” he told TF1.
“Monkeypox does not have the ability to transmit other viral diseases such as flu or Covid-19,” he nuances, however.
First two cases of monkeypox confirmed in Canada
Canada reported two cases of monkeypox in humans on Thursday evening, a first on its soil.
“The Province of Quebec has been informed that a positive monkeypox screening result has been obtained for two samples received by the National Microbiology Laboratory. These are the first two confirmed cases in Canada,” the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a press release. from.
Other suspected cases are being studied in the French-speaking metropolis of Montreal, Canadian authorities said. At a morning press conference, regional public health management in Montreal had named 17 suspected cases.
First case of monkey pox discovered in Italy
Italy on Thursday reported the first case of monkey pox in a young adult who recently returned from the Canary Islands, the Institute of Infectious Diseases at Spallanzani Hospital in Rome said.
The patient, who has been placed in isolation, is being treated and is in stable condition, according to a hospital statement published by Italian news agencies, adding that two other suspected cases were being evaluated.
>> Our article on the subject.
A report in preparation by an EU health agency
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) plans to publish its first risk assessment report “early next week”, according to the European Union agency responsible for diseases and epidemics.
The agency, which says it is “monitoring the situation closely,” recommends “isolating and testing suspected cases and reporting them immediately.”
However, the increase in the number of apparent outbreaks is worrying, and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it attached great importance to the fact that some cases in the UK appear to have been transmitted within the gay community.
Several cases discovered in Europe and North America since early May
Several dozen suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox have been discovered since early May in Europe and North America, raising fears that this endemic disease will spread in West Africa.
This rare disease usually manifests with fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, and skin rashes on the hands and face, such as chickenpox.
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