7 minutes agoMonkey line shows up in Italy and Sweden, O BSH on alert
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Italy and Sweden are the last countries to report cases of rare monkey smallpox after Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, and the United States. Monkey line appears in Central and West Africa, often in the vicinity of tropical forests, is considered wandering in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it was [...]
Monkey line appears in Central and West Africa, often in the vicinity of tropical forests, is considered wandering in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it was first discovered in people in 1970.
The disease can be transmitted from person to person through air drops, close body contact, or the use of items or contaminated items.
According to the Swedish Public Health Agency, one person is infected in the vast area of Stockholm.
The person infected with the virus in Sweden is not seriously ill, but is getting treatment”, the infectious disease expert, Klara Soden, said in a statement.
We don't know where the person is infected yet. Investigations into this are continuing”, she added.
The first infection of monkey oak has also been discovered in Italy.
Health chief in the Lazio region, Alessio D'Amato, said on Facebook that the case was confirmed at Italy's National Infectious Diseases Institute.
ANSA news agency reported that the infected man had returned from a trip to the Spanish Canary Islands and was in solitary confinement at a hospital in Rome.
The World Health Organization (OBSH), now focused on the body of coronary pandemic that has hit the world over the past three years, has called for a quick trace of contact numbers of cases.
