Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health and Prevention Affairs, said: Smallpox Monkeys It was a dangerous disease in the past, and the whole world got rid of it with vaccines and inoculations, but an outbreak of smallpox was found in the Democratic Congo among monkeys, and the then cases of disease in humans were monitored in 2022 and were under control.
Taj El-Din, in a telephone interview with the program “Al-Youm” presented by the journalist Dina Esmat, through the DMC channel, said that this month of August saw an increase in cases of monkeypox and then it spread outside the Democratic Republic. of the Congo to other countries, because this disease is a contagious viral disease and is characterized by the appearance of a skin rash.
Muhammad Awad Taj El-Din continued: “The crisis now is that things are increasing in Africa and have spread beyond the Democratic Congo until it reached Sweden and some countries in Southeast Asia, moving from the Middle East,” indicating that the disease exists. dangerous and what is being raised now is to leave the Congo to African countries and some European and Asian countries, so there is a warning against this disease. “
He confirmed that no case of monkeypox has been found in Egypt, stressing: “We have a state of alert and caution, and the quarantine monitors all diseases that are sent out of the country anywhere in the world, and training was given to employees on how to deal with any issues that may arise. “
2024-08-22 14:46:00
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