LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of confirmed cases of monkey pox nationwide reached nearly 24,000 as of Monday.
California currently has the highest number of monkey pox cases at 4,656, followed by New York (3,755) and Florida (2,398), according to the center.
Monkey pox infections are rarely fatal. Most cases heal on their own within two to four weeks, with the World Health Organization stating that the disease has a mortality rate of about 3-6 percent, but those with immunocompromise are more likely to develop severe illness when infected. leaven
U.S. health officials Warn doctors not to use too much of one drug in the treatment of smallpox. This is because the virus is usually continually mutating to infect humans. Both better overcome new drugs and vaccines.
The US Food and Drug Administration warned that the antiviral drug tecovirimat (tecovirimat) has a high risk of developing drug resistance. And even the slightest mutation of the virus can render the drug ineffective.