Monkeypox virus disease outbreak

The latest outbreak started with a similar flight but patients appear to have caught the transmitted the disease easier than previous. Dr Michael Head Senior Research Fellow in Global Health.

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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.

. Ebola Virus Disease EVD is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates. The virus Monkeypox is actually a disease of small African animals like rodents. 2 days agoThe World Health Organization WHO is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported the UN agency said on Friday.

Exactly whats driving the UKs largest-ever outbreak of monkeypox is a mystery. The UN agency said in a statement that there were around 80 cases confirmed so far across 11 countries with a further 50 cases pending investigation. More than 100 cases of monkeypox a viral infection more common to west and central Africa have been reported in Europe with German officials describing the outbreak as the largest ever in the.

Officials including airport and port health officers have been asked to be vigilant and send samples to NIV Pune of suspected sick passengers from affected countries. The viruses that cause EVD are located mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Expert explains monkeypox outbreak 2022 May 18.

People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal bat or nonhuman primate or a sick or dead person infected with Ebola virus. Normally the disease is sporadic and linked to travel to parts of Africa where it is endemic. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday directed the National Centre for Disease Control and the ICMR to keep a close watch on the monkeypox situation in India amid a rise in cases in Europe.

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