Europe is alerted, the first case of monkeypox is registered!

2024-08-15 18:28:09 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Europe is alerted, the first case of monkeypox is registered!

Sweden announced Thursday that it has confirmed the country's first case of monkeypox. The person was infected during his stay in an area of ​​Africa, according to the BBC.

The news comes just hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global public health emergency.

At least 450 people died during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the disease has since spread to areas of central and eastern Africa.

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is spread through close contact, such as sex, skin-to-skin contact, and talking or breathing near another person.

It causes flu-like symptoms, skin lesions and can be fatal.

 

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