The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that more imported cases of monkeypox could soon be found in Europe after Sweden announced its first case of the virus. found a disease that killed at least 548 people since the beginning of the year in the Democratic Republic of the country. Congo due to a more infectious and dangerous strain of the virus.
The organization announced, on Wednesday, that the spread of smallpox in Africa has now become a global health emergency, which is the highest level of warning that the authority can issue.
In total, 38,465 cases of this disease have been registered in 16 African countries since January 2022, and 1,456 deaths, with a 160 percent increase in the number of cases in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the said Agence France-Presse from data released last week by the African Union Health Organization.
Shortly after Sweden announced that it had found the first cases of a new outbreak of the disease in Europe, the WHO Regional Office for Europe said that this “is a clear reflection of how inter- related to our world…cases of the new strain will be found in the European region in the coming days and weeks.”
On Thursday, Sweden’s Public Health Agency announced that the first outbreak of the new monkeypox virus has been found outside of Africa.
The agency said in a statement that “a person in need of care” in Stockholm “has been diagnosed with smallpox caused by strain 1. This is the first disease caused by strain 1 that has been proven outside of the African continent.
Olivia Wigzel, an interim official at the Swedish agency, announced at a press conference that “the man was infected when she visited the part of Africa where there is a large outbreak of smallpox monkey caused by strain 1.”
The organization explained in a statement that Sweden is accredited to “detect, isolate and safely treat people with monkeypox,” stressing that “treating a person with mosaic in the country threatens the population in general, a threat that the European Center. for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is currently considered very low. “
Very low risk
The organization explained to Agence France-Presse in a message that the monkeypox disease is caused by strain 1, which has returned to the revolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September 2023.
In the Republic of Congo, with a population of about 100 million, the epidemic is now affecting all regions.
The World Health Organization believes that it is “necessary not to stigmatize travelers or countries/regions. “
She said, “Only by working together, exchanging data, and taking the necessary public health measures, can we control the spread of this virus,” as it is essential to prevent travel and close borders.
The Minister of Health of the Republic of Congo, Samuel-Roger Camp, announced on Thursday that according to the latest report, “the country has recorded 15,664 possible infections and 548 deaths since the beginning of the year. “
As of August 3, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 455 deaths and 14,479 infections in 25 of the 26 provinces of the Republic of Congo.
According to the Minister, the regions of South Kivu, North Kivu, Chubu (east), Equateur, Nord Ubangi, Chuapa, Mongalla (north) and Sankuru (central) are the most affected.
Campa confirmed that, through an international movement, “we are implementing all the necessary tools to investigate and treat cases” for free.
A more dangerous virus
According to a statement issued by the US Department of Health on Wednesday, “A vaccine will be an essential part of the response to this disease to support these efforts, the United States is providing 50,000 doses of the Genius vaccine a it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Administration (FDA) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Danish pharmaceutical laboratory, Bavarian Nordic, whose shares rose on the stock market on Thursday, announced that it was ready to produce up to 10 million doses of vaccines by 2025.
Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans through infected animals, but can also be transmitted between humans through direct physical contact.
In 2022, a global epidemic carrying strain 2 spread in about 100 countries, mainly affecting gay and bisexual men. The epidemic caused the death of about 140 people out of about 90,000 infections.
The disease started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus was first detected in humans, in 1970, and spread to other countries.
The infection causes high fever, muscle pain, and skin rash.
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