The outbreak of the new strain of munkeypox worries the world.. Pakistan found the first 3 cases.. Sweden recorded the first case outside Africa.. China will lifting the health alert to check arrivals.. Japan is urging its citizens to be careful.

virus Brown trout It began to worry the world, after it began to appear again in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and it spread to many neighboring countries, as the Mpox 1b strain spread to 7 countries Africa, namely Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya in early August 2024, and from there it began to spread outside of Africa Unlike previous strains, the current strain spreads more easily and can be transferred between children in schools.

From Africa, the virus began to spread throughout the world Pakistan The second country to announce that cases were found.

Pakistan has previously recorded cases of monkeypox, and it is still unclear which strain was found in patients.

Sweden found the first case outside of Africa of the new strain of monkeypox. The agency said in a statement that “a person in need of care” in Stockholm “was diagnosed with smallpox caused by strain 1.” The group said this is the first disease caused by strain 1 that has been confirmed outside the African continent.

In China, the authorities announced that the health alert was raised to fight the monkeypox disease, after the World Health Organization declared the recent increase in the number of infections to be a health emergency. public with international concern.

Chinese customs officials explained – as reported by Channel News Asia Radio on Friday in its English edition – that all people arriving from abroad will be checked to ensure they are free of tick marks , and planes, ships, vessels and goods coming from places affected by the disease will also be investigated.

A statement from the General Administration of Customs urged “those who have been in contact with cases of smallpox or who show symptoms of the disease to notify customs officials immediately to take the necessary measures.” “

At the same time, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged its citizens who travel or live in seven African countries to be careful and adhere to preventive measures to avoid smallpox infections.

The Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported on Friday that the government in Japan issued a level one warning against smallpox, the lowest level on Japan’s four-level scale.

Mentioned before World Health Organization The monkeypox outbreak in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa has emerged as a global emergency, with confirmed cases among children and adults in more than a dozen countries. In addition, the group announced a new species of the virus.

The Director-General of the Agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “The Emergency Committee met and they told me that the situation, from its point of view, is a global health crisis of international concern, I accepted it this idea.

He said: “It’s something we should all be concerned about. The World Health Organization is committed to coordinating an international response days and weeks in advance and working closely with each of the affected countries, and moving on the ground to prevent to stop the spread of disease, treat the infected, and save lives.”

He said at the beginning of the meeting of the Emergency Committee: “There is the emergence and rapid spread of the 1B strain (of the virus) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which seems to spread mainly through sexual networks, and how it can be found there the neighboring countries. The Congo is very worrying and among the main reasons behind my decision to hold a meeting of the Committee.”

The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is affiliated with the African Union, declared a “public health emergency for continental security” due to the smallpox outbreak, after it spread from the Democratic Republic of ‘ Congo to neighboring countries.

The African Centers for Disease Control warned a few days ago that the rate of spread of viral diseases is alarming, and said that more than 15,000 cases of smallpox and 461 deaths have been found on the continent since the beginning of this year, an increase of to +160% over the same period last year.