The first case of monkey pox is detected

Health authorities United Kingdom reported that they detected the first case of a patient with monkey pox, known as mpoxa disease that caused a major epidemic in Africa.

The British Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported the case on Wednesday, October 30 2024.

Mpox cases in the UK pose a low risk to the population, authorities say

“UKHSA has so far detected one confirmed human case of clade 1b.”
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“, as the new variant is called, Britain’s Health Security Agency wrote in a statement, saying that “the risk to the population is low.”

“This is the first detection of this type of disease

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in England. This is different from mpox clade 2 which has been circulating in low levels United Kingdom starting in 2022, especially among homosexuals and bisexuals,” UKHSA reports

Who suffered the first monkey pox in England?

The case was detected in London and the person, who was hospitalized, “had recently traveled to African countries that have class 1b cases.”
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“added the organization.

On October 22, cases of infection with this new variant were detected in Germany, following which it also appeared in Sweden and several Asian countries.

“All contacts of the person will be offered a test and vaccine if necessary and will be informed about the additional treatment that should be given if they develop symptoms or if the test result is positive,” explained UKHSA.

The organization added that it was working “in close collaboration” with the Public Health Service United Kingdom (NHS) “to determine the characteristics of the pathogen and further assess its risk to human health.”

He mpox that’s a virus which is transmitted from animals to humans, but also between humans, and causes fever, muscle aches, and skin lesions.

Over the past few months, a new epidemic has struck Africawith the highest number of infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi and Nigeria.

With information from AFP.

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