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In Spain, a second patient has died from the effects of the monkey pox virus. The first death was reported on Friday. The country has so far registered 3750 cases of infection. 120 of them have been hospitalized, of which two have died. The disease has now been diagnosed 878 times in the Netherlands. There are so far 18,000 known cases in 78 countries.
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An infected person has also died in Brazil. The Ministry of Health emphasizes that the victim also had other medical problems and there is no reason to panic. It is the first time that people outside the African continent have died from the disease.
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The VRT reports that the American state of New York has now also declared a state of emergency over the virus:
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On Thursday, New York had already declared the virus a direct threat to public health. The city of San Francisco also declared a state of emergency. Earlier this week, authorities announced that New York City would receive an additional 110,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine from the federal government. 80,000 vaccines are going to New York City, where people have been queuing on campuses in recent days to get their first shot.
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The virus is currently mainly circulating within the gay community, among men who have sex with men, but it is not an STD. In principle, anyone can contract the disease. Men are advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) to limit the number of male sex partners they have.
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In the Netherlands, a vaccination campaign has been launched in three major cities. RTV Utrecht reports:
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The GGD expects to put thousands of needles in the old casino in the coming weeks. This location was already set up for the corona vaccinations, but now also opens the doors for monkey pox vaccinations. Although it will not be as massive as with the corona shots. “Many people will have nothing to do with the virus,” explains Mark van den Elshout, doctor and coordinator of the sexual health department at the GGD region of Utrecht. “The infections now take place within specific groups. To keep it that way, we focus with the vaccines on the group that is most at risk.”
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