English detected four new cases of monkeypox. Some infections are thought to be transmitted by sexual contact between men or they call it gay or bisexual.
In detail, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) detected three cases of monkeypox in London, and one related case in Newcastle. This addition brings the total monkeypox in the country to seven cases.
The four cases infected men who had sexual relations with men or who identified themselves as gay or bisexual.
The patients were then treated in specialist infectious disease units at London and Newcastle hospitals.
So far there is no information whether the new case is related to the three previously confirmed cases.
In addition to the four new cases, WHO also reported one probable case in the UK.
Health officials have noted some infections may be through sexual contact. However, this allegation still needs further investigation to understand the transmission of the virus.
“We are looking at transmission between men who have sex with men,” said Ibrahima Soce Fall, assistant director general for emergency response at the WHO. AFP on Wednesday (18/5)
Fall then said, “[Ini] is new information that we need to properly investigate, to further understand the dynamics of local transmission in the UK and in some other countries.”
To better understand monkeypox, another WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove said the organization was working with regional offices, as well as the European Center for Disease Control and UKHSA.
“We work very closely with [mereka] to evaluate each of these cases, the source of their infection,” he said.
Van Khorkve further said that contact tracing was needed to ensure there was no further human-to-human transmission. In addition, contact tracing was carried out again to better understand the source of transmission.
Monkeypox is usually transmitted through close contact with infected animals such as rats, monkeys and so-called limited transmission between humans.
If humans are infected, they will have symptoms such as lethargy, fever, muscle aches, and chills.
(isa/bac)
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