Updated on 05/08/2022 at 16:10
- A person in the UK has got monkeypox.
- The man is believed to have been infected in Nigeria and is currently undergoing treatment at a London hospital.
- British health officials see only a low risk of infection.
in England A case of monkeypox has been registered. the one with the rare virus Infected people are believed to have contracted it in Nigeria and then traveled to Great Britain, the British health authority said over the weekend.
man will be in London He was treated at the hospital by experts and his contacts will be contacted as a precautionary measure. “It is important to emphasize that monkeypox does not spread easily from person to person and the risk to the public is very low,” Colin Brown of the UK Health Protection Agency said in a statement.
Monkeypox disease is usually mild
Transmission of the virus can occur when people are in close physical contact with each other. According to the authority, the ailments are usually mild and subside within a few weeks. However, there may be isolated cases that are more serious. Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes and a rash that often begins on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox was first recorded in humans in Africa in the 1970s. Since then, it has been proven that he has performed in more than ten countries on the continent. Pathogens can be transmitted by different animal species. According to the WHO, the virus was sometimes exported by travelers to the United States, Israel and even in 2018 Great Britain,
Smallpox has been believed to be eradicated worldwide since 1980 following a major vaccination campaign.
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