The world will control monkeypox if act soon

Speaking at the World Health Assembly in Geneva (Switzerland), Dr. Sylvie Briand, official in charge of the field of global infection risk control of the World Health Organization (WHO), emphasized, now need to prioritize disease control monkey pox in countries where the disease is rarely reported.

Briand affirmed that the world still has a chance to prevent the disease from spreading further, and urged people not to worry because the current spreading rate is much slower than other viruses, such as Corona virus.

Meanwhile, according to Dr. Rosamund Lewis, an expert in charge of smallpox diseases in the WHO’s emergency program, there is no need for large-scale vaccination yet, but it is necessary to focus the vaccine on those who have been in close contact with the cases. .

Ms. Lewis said that investigating cases, tracing and isolating at home are currently the best measures.

Earlier, the European Union (EU) decided to buy together vaccines and antiviral drugs against monkeypox, which is spreading in many European countries.

The current spread of monkeypox virus is much slower than that of other viruses. (Photo: AP)

According to the daily Dagens Nyheter, the EU will buy Imvanex vaccine from Bavarian Nordic pharmaceutical company (Norway) and treatment drug Tecovirimat from Siga Technologies company (USA).

Imvanex is smallpox vaccine, which is very closely related to monkeypox. This vaccine has been approved by the US to prevent both smallpox and monkeypox.

Monkeypox is transmitted after humans come into contact with monkeys. Viruses can enter through skin wounds, respiratory tract, eyes, nose or mouth, spread through respiratory droplets or bodily fluids.

Symptoms appear within 5 to 21 days of being infected with the virus and include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, and fatigue. Monkeypox is usually mild, and most patients recover within a few weeks without treatment. However, the disease can still be fatal.

The WHO said that the monkeypox virus has now spread to more than 20 countries around the world with more than 200 confirmed and confirmed cases.

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