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Global Emergency-Monkeypox WARNING-Spreads in Gay Men Sex Like AIDS
What is Monkeypox and What are its Symptoms After Cases Found in UK
Two cases of the rare disease monkeypox have today been confirmed in the UK, but how much do we know about it and what age groups are the most at risk?
Daily Mirror UK, 11 JUN 2021
UK Health Secretary Matt Han**** told MPs today that the UK is currently dealing with an outbreak of monkeypox.
The news arrives as two people continue to be monitored after the virus was identified in North Wales.
It has caused unease across the UK as the world continues to fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
Monkeypox often starts with a rash before red spots appear and spread across the body, turning into red bumps filled with fluid.
These are often accompanied by flu-like symptoms such as high temperature, muscle aches and swollen glands.
But transmission of the disease is "limited", the World Heath Organisation has said
Giving evidence to MPs today on the handling of the pandemic, the Health Secretary confirmed the KILLER Virus had been spotted.
Public Health Wales subsequently confirmed in a statement that two people in North Wales had picked up the virus abroad, but did not give further details of their location or condition.
Monkeypox is a rare viral disease which causes a blistering skin rash and feverish, flu-like symptoms.
Mr Han**** described it as "absolutely standard" while addressing MPs at the Health and Social Select Committee.
Richard Firth Consultant in Health Protection at Public Health Wales, said:
"Confirmed cases of monkeypox are a rare event in the UK, and the risk to the general public is very low.
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Monkeypox WARNING: Global Nealth Emergency Declared
Monkeypox Symptoms - Seven Signs to Watch Out For as Airborne Virus Confirmed
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today confirmed that one person, who had travelled to the UK from Nigeria, had contracted monkeypox and is receiving specialist care in London
Daily Mirror 8 MAY 2022
Scientists have confirmed the key symptoms of monkeypox after a case was today confirmed in the UK.
The patient is currently being given specialist care at a hospital in London after contracting the virus - which shares many similarities with smallpox - in Nigeria.
Experts have stressed that human-to-human transmission is rare, but said some people who have come into contact with the individual will be contacted as a precaution.
Cases in the UK are rare, with the viral infection - which was first found in humans in 1970 - most prevalent in parts of Western and Central Africa.
In most instances it causes a mild illness, with fever usually followed by a rash breaking out, usually on the face.
Most people recover within four weeks, medics said today, although the virus can cause serious illness in rare cases.
What is Monkeypox?
Monkeypox is a viral infection with several similarities to smallpox.
It was first discovered in a colony of monkeys in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1958, with the first human case confirmed in 1970.
In most cases it is a "mild self-limiting" illness and the majority of people recover within a few weeks, experts say.
Today the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed a case had been detected after contracting the virus in Nigeria.
The patient is currently in an insolation unit and being cared for at the expert infectious disease unit at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London.
The UKHSA has said the risk of transmission to the general population is low.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox has been shown to cause death in as many as 1 in 10 patients in Africa.
Patients experience fever before the rash breaks out, experts say
What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are seven key symptoms that can signal a monkeypox infection.
Many of these are similar to smallpox, although swellings to the lymph nodes are an indicator of monkeypox.
These are:
Fever
Headache
Muscle aches
Backache
Swollen lymph nodes
Chills
Exhaustion
Within one to three days of the fever starting, a patient usually develops a rash, often beginning on the face then spreading to other parts of the body.
The virus has many similarities with smallpox, but rarely passes between humans, experts believe
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Monkeypox: Cases Detected in Three More Countries For First Time
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox.
BBC News 25 MAY 2022.
Monkeypox is similar to smallpox but less severe and less infectious too
The Czech Republic and Slovenia also reported their first cases on Tuesday, joining 18 other countries to detect the virus outside its usual Africa base.
That number is expected to rise further still, but experts say the overall risk to the general population remains low.
Outbreaks of the virus have been found in Europe, Australia and America.
The symptoms often include a fever and rash - but the infection is usually mild.
In the UAE, health officials announced a case had been detected in a traveller who had recently visited west Africa and is now receiving medical treatment.
Authorities there say they are "fully prepared" to handle any outbreak, adding that early surveillance protocols for detecting the disease were in place.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus can be contained with the right response in countries outside of Africa where it is not usually detected.
"We encourage you all to increase the surveillance of monkeypox to see where transmission levels are and understand where it is going," the WHO's director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness, Sylvie Briand, said at a conference on Tuesday.
The outbreaks may not be normal but remain containable, she added.
Outside Africa there are now 237 confirmed and suspected cases of monkeypox and health authorities around the world have announced plans to contain the virus.
Germany says it has ordered up to 40,000 doses of the Imvanex vaccine - used to treat smallpox, but also effective against monkeypox - to be ready in case the outbreak worsens.
Anyone already vaccinated with a smallpox vaccine years ago as part of a global bid to eradicate the disease should have existing immunity, German health officials said. But they added that the older treatment has more side-effects so is not suitable for fighting monkeypox today.
And in France, which has detected three cases, officials announced a targeted vaccination campaign of adults who had been recently exposed.
Authorities there are recommending that a vaccine be given within four days of exposure, but up to 14 days afterwards if necessary.
In England, officials announced on Tuesday that 14 more cases of the virus had been detected - bringing the total number of cases in the UK to 71.
Monkeypox is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, but some of the cases which have been occurring outside these countries have had no travel link.
It does not spread easily between people, but it can be spread through:
touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash
touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs
the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rash
If you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.
A rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages - a bit like chicken pox - before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.
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Monkeypox Declared Global Health Emergency by WHO After Surge in Cases
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration on Saturday despite the WHO’s emergency committee being unable to reach a consensus.
Daily Mirror 24 JUL 2022
There have been more than 2,000 monkeypox cases in England alone
Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response.
n a statement this afternoon WHO said the outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.
The UN health agency's declaration could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease - and also worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
Although monkeypox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades, it was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
The UK had detected just seven cases prior to 2022, but earlier this week there were 2,137 confirmed cases in the UK, with 2,050 in England and the majority in London.
Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an "extraordinary event" that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response.
The WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
The emergency declaration mostly serves as a plea to draw more global resources and attention to an outbreak.
Yesterday The New England Journal of Medicine published its findings after the largest review so far of the virus covering 16 countries.
It is known to cause flu-like symptoms and rashes with small spots which blister before scabbing over.
But now other new symptoms have also been discovered.
“These symptoms include single genital lesions and sores on the mouth or anus,” the paper said.
Statistically one in ten people had a single skin lesion in the genital area and 15% had anal or rectal pain said Dr John Thornhill, a sexual health consultant and lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
A vaccination programme has been launched to protect people from monkeypox
Vaccination experts have recommended that gay and bisexual men at higher risk of exposure to monkeypox should be offered the smallpox vaccine Imvanex.
While the vaccine is available across England, London will receive additional doses of the existing supply in an effort to break chains of transmission as quickly as possible.
NHS England said thousands more people who are eligible in the capital will now be contacted about getting their jab as plans are scaled up and more supply becomes available.
The public should wait to be contacted about a vaccine.
In London, there are more than 18 clinics offering vaccinations including Dean Street sexual health clinic in Soho, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Guy's Hospital in Southwark, Mortimer Market Centre in Camden and Barking Hospital Outpatient Centre East.
Steve Russell, NHS director of vaccinations, said: "While the risk of monkeypox remains very low and nearly every case we have seen so far has recovered quickly, over 2,000 people have been affected by the virus.
"On the whole, the cases we are seeing are among gay and bisexual men or men who have sex with men, with a significant number coming from London and so it is vital that those who are most likely to get the virus get vaccinated as quickly as possible.
"The NHS is now scaling up its plans to get people vaccinated, particularly in London, thanks to the efforts of staff who are working hard to help stop onward spread, in line with UKHSA advice.
"Thousands more people will be invited very shortly with the number of clinics expanded too, and as we have done with the most successful Covid vaccination programme in history, the NHS will leave no stone unturned in ensuring everyone who is eligible can get protected.
"We are asking people to wait to be contacted and to come forward at the earliest opportunity possible when invited to get vaccinated."
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Monkeypox WARNING: WHO Declares Global Health Emergency 100s Killed
World Health Organization declares ultra-deadly monkeypox strain a public health emergency of international concern.
The Disease, Which Spreads Primarily Through Sex in Gay and Bisexual Men, Feels Very Similar to The Beginning of The AIDS Crisis
MailOnline 16 AUG 2024
The World Health Organization today declared an ultra-deadly strain of monkeypox a global public health emergency.
Officials said an outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring countries posed 'international concern' - the WHO's highest level of alert.
The hope is to speed up research and roll out vaccines to contain the virus, which is more infectious and several times deadlier than the one that caused the global outbreak in 2022.
No cases of the new strain have been reported in the US or the UK yet, but the American CDC is urging doctors to be extra vigilant for symptoms like skin rashes and lesions.
Experts have also warned that the disease, which spreads primarily through sex in gay and bisexual men, feels 'very similar' to the beginning of the AIDS crisis due to how it circulates.
Coincidentally, the news comes the same day as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his country to prepare for a new 'hypothetical virus' that could rival Covid.
Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Wednesday: 'It's clear that a coordinated international response is essential to stop these outbreaks and save lives.
The DRC is home to a densely packed population that frequently travels and moves across borders, raising the risk the new mpox strain, which is spread through physical contact, would eventually spread beyond the country.
More than 17,000 suspected cases of monkeypox, now called mpox, and 517 deaths have been reported on the African continent this year alone, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a 160 percent surge compared to the same period last year.
A total of 13 countries have reported cases. And in the past month, at least 50 mpox cases have been reported in four other countries bordering the DRC - countries that have not experienced the virus before. They include Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The latest is Sweden
Mpox caused an international epidemic in 2022 when it spread to more than 100 countries and killed hundreds of people - including 58 Americans. No deaths were recorded in the UK but several thousand Brits were infected.
That outbreak was caused by the more mild clade 2 strain, which is rarely fatal.
But for more than a year, the DRC has been struggling to contain a deadlier version of the virus known as 'clade 1a,' which kills up to 10 percent of those infected.
The new mutated strain, dubbed 'clad 1b,' appears to be just as deadly.
Dr Trudie Lang, a professor of global health research at Oxford University, told The Guardian: 'I have heard so many people refer to this being very similar to the early days of HIV.'
She said this was due to it spreading through sexual networks with 'vulnerable, young, exploited sex workers' at high risk and facing 'a high level of stigma.'
Global Emergency-Monkeypox WARNING-Spreads in Gay Men Sex Like AIDS
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