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Monkeypox: 10 new cases have been reported in Portugal on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 50. Researchers have said that the virus spreading in the country is less aggressive.
frequent monkeypox in the world (Monkeypox) cases are increasing, about which warnings are being made continuously. World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 131 cases of monkeypox in 19 countries and reported 106 cases as suspected. Most of these cases are not serious. Experts have said that Monkeypox COVID-19 (covid-19) is not as contagious. However, countries with monkeypox cases are opting for vaccination against the virus. A study in the medical journal Lancet states that antiviral drugs may have the ability to reduce symptoms and also reduce the amount of time a patient is infectious.
- Spain reported 59 new cases of monkeypox on Wednesday, taking the total number of suspected cases across the country to 171. Health Minister Carolina Darius said the government would buy the Imvanex vaccine and the doses would be distributed proportionately among the 17 regions.
- Jacqueline Weir, a communicable disease expert in South Africa, has said that there is nothing new in the ongoing outbreak of monkeypox outside Africa. Weir said in a press conference on Wednesday, “There has been no change in the virus identified in Nigeria in recent years, so nothing strange, nothing that we haven’t seen before, except that it Now it is happening at a different place.”
- Denmark will receive 200 monkeypox vaccines from the Netherlands this week. Health Minister Magnus Hunick gave this information on Wednesday. He said that the government is working on procuring thousands more doses. According to the information, the Danish government has considered vaccinating close contacts of people infected with the virus.
- Finland on Wednesday identified its first “highly probable” case of monkeypox, according to the Helsinki Hospital District. The hospital district said it found that the patient had come back from a trip to another country, had an infection caused by an orthopoxvirus and that by the end of the week it would be known for sure whether he had monkeypox. The hospital district said the man was at home with blisters and high fever.
- The Government of India is also seen to be active regarding monkeypox. The Union Health Ministry has directed all states to keep a watch on symptomatic patients who have recently traveled to countries infected with monkeypox and isolate them.
- The total number of confirmed monkeypox cases in France has risen to five. Health Minister Brigitte Bourguignon gave this information to a radio station. Earlier this week, health officials said that people who have come in contact with patients infected with monkeypox should be vaccinated.
- 10 new cases have been reported in Portugal on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 50. Researchers have said that the virus spreading in the country is less aggressive.
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