2024-08-15 20:38:00
The National Institute of Health reported that There have been five cases of mpox, commonly known as monkeypox, in Argentina. On Wednesday, August 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the global public health emergency of international scope. The outbreak has killed hundreds of people in Congo and one case has already been recorded in Europe.
The data is known in the latest report of the National Epidemiological Bulletin, which runs from weeks 1 to 31 of 2024. There it is explained that 39 cases have been evaluated, 24 have been removed and 10 are still being investigated.
Regarding those infected, they explained that one has been confirmed in the province of Buenos Aires, two in CABA, one in Río Negro and one died in Santa Fe.
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This Wednesday, the director general of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusabout the outbreak: “It is a situation that should affect us all.“.
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WHO warned that there will be more cases of mpox in Europe after the case in Sweden
The international health organization warned Wednesday that more imported cases of the new, more dangerous strain are possible. mpox in Europe, after Sweden announced the first such infection outside Africa in an outbreak that has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The case reported in a traveler in Sweden was announced the day after the World Health Organization announced that the increase come mpox In Africa it is a public health emergency of international concern.
The UN health agency is concerned about the increase in cases and deaths in Congo and the spread to Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The Swedish Public Health Agency told the international media AFP on Thursday that it has recorded a case of Clade 1b subclade, the same new strain of the virus that emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo since September 2023.
“A person seeking health care” in the city of Stockholm “has been diagnosed with mpox caused by a clade 1 variant. It is the first case caused by clade I to be diagnosed outside Africa”The agency said in a separate statement.
The person was infected during a visit to “a part of Africa where there is a large outbreak of mpox Clade 1,” state epidemiologist Magnus Gisslen said in the statement. They added: “The fact that a patient with mpox is being treated in the country does not pose a risk to the public, a risk that the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) currently considers low.”
The WHO’s European regional office in Copenhagen said it was discussing with Sweden how best to manage the new case. “Confirmation of Clade 1 of mpox in Sweden is a clear indicator of the integration of our world,” he said in a statement.” And they emphasize: “It is possible that 1 more imported cases in the European region in the coming days and weeks, and it is necessary that we do not stigmatize travelers or countries /region.
548 died in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said in a video message that the country “has recorded a total of 15,664 cases and 548 deaths since the beginning of the year,” with all 26 regions affected. The population of the Democratic Republic of Congo is around 100 million.
As a result of this, the government said they launched a “national strategic immunization program against The MPOX “, in addition to improving disease surveillance at borders and checkpoints.
Olivia Wigzell, director general of the Swedish Public Health Agency, attended a press conference to report on the situation of the mpox virus infection.The minister said that task forces have been created at the government level to increase tracing and help mobilize resources to “keep this epidemic under control.”
What is mpox or monkeypox?
Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was discovered in 1958 in Denmark, in monkeys kept for research. It was first discovered in 1970 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is spread to humans by infected animals, but can also be spread from person to person through physical contact.
The disease causes fever, muscle pain, and large skin lesions.
Tedros Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO, warned that the next pandemic “is a question of when, not if it will happen”
vaccination campaign
The United States Department of Health said this Wednesday that “will donate 50,000 doses of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved JYNNEOS vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
“Vaccines will be a fundamental part of the response to this outbreak,” he said in a separate statement, the Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic said it was ready to produce up to 10 million doses of the vaccine targeting mpox by 2025.
There are two subtypes of the virus: clade 1, more virulent and deadly, endemic to the Congo basin in central Africa; and clade 2, endemic to West Africa.
In June 2022, infections for mpox increased worldwide, especially involving homosexual and bisexual men, due to the Clade 2b subclade. WHO declared a public health emergency lasting from July 2022 to May 2023.
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