Global Monkeypox breakout

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3497098-who-expecting-more-monkeypox-cases-to-emerge/amp/
"The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said it is expecting more cases of monkeypox to emerge after a handful of infections were detected in the U.S. and Europe.

“The situation is evolving and WHO expects there will be more cases of monkeypox identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries,” the WHO said in a statement detailing the monkeypox outbreak."

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/22/biden-concern-monkeypox-spread
"Zoom out: Europe has seen a recent spread of monkeypox, with cases found in Belgium, Italy, London and northern Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Australiaand Canada also reported cases."

 

[Esoterix]

Anyone at the highest risk of having caught monkeypox should isolate for 21 days, official guidance says.

[URL='https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1077329/20220520_monkeypox-contact-tracing-classification-and-vaccination-matrix.pdf']The advice, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), applies to anyone who has had direct or household contact with a confirmed case.

Contacts are advised to provide their details for contact tracing, forgo travel, and avoid contact with immunosuppressed people, pregnant women, and children under 12.

The UK has so far confirmed 20 cases.

More than 80 have also been identified across Europe, the US, Canada, Israel, and Australia.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61546480.amp

 

[Stanthropical]

Things are escalating.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-hea...lth-emergency-world-health-organization-pheic

 

[Stanthropical]

It appears that cases are falling?

https://apnews.com/article/monkeypox-health-government-and-politics-7343de5ab515b9f09a5862ca284b6ea2