2024-08-27 15:15:00
The Spanish government announced on Tuesday August 27 that it will send the equivalent of 500,000 doses of vaccines to several countries in Central Africa in order to combat the mpox epidemic. “Spain has indicated to the European Commission that it will make a donation representing 20% of its vaccine stock, or 100,000 vials corresponding to 500,000 doses of vaccines.”explained the Spanish Ministry of Health in a press release.
Cope with the mpox epidemic, too “Our center is in several countries in Central Africa, the Ministry of Health considers it fundamental to do in this area to be able to have the current situation”continued the government, which did not specify which countries are concerned or what date the vaccines will be delivered. Madrid encourages its European counterparts to donate 20% of their stock not to “keep vaccines where there is no problem”.
Mpox, formerly known as “monkey pox”, is a viral disease that spreads from animals to humans but also between humans through physical contact. It causes fever, muscle pain and skin lesions.
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and the Central African Republic are the countries most affected by the resurgence of mpox in Africa, where cases have also been reported in around ten other countries. This led the World Health Organization to announce it “public health emergency” of international concern due to the 1b variant of the virus, currently more widespread and more dangerous.
What is mpox? Understand in three minutes
Since the beginning of the year, mpox disease, which causes the appearance of skin lesions on the body, has caused at least 19,000 cases and 548 deaths on the African continent. And especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is thought to be the epicenter of the current epidemic.
The first major phase of corruption has affected many countries, including outside Africa, in 2022-2023. Since the first case of mpox, imported by a traveler from Nigeria, the virus has caused some 90,000 cases in more than 75 countries.
The current outbreak, which began in 2023, is another version of the monkeypox virus, which is called a clade. In this case, clade 1b. In this video, we take a look at what we know about the virus and this disease. How is it spread? What are the different stages of the disease? Is it death? Can we treat it?
And if you want to know more on the subject, we refer to the decryption below.
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