FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Monkeypox cases continue to rise in the United States, albeit gradually, federal health officials said Friday.
Public health officials have identified 45 cases of smallpox in 15 states and the District of Columbia compared to 21 last week, said the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rochelle Walensky, during a media conference, while more than 1,300 cases have been. has been detected globally in 31 countries. However, no deaths have been reported and no community transmission of monkeypox has been detected in any U.S. city, CDC officials said.
Most cases, 75 percent or more, appear to have been contracted during international travel, officials said. Others have developed the infection here through close contact with a known case of monkeypox.
During the briefing, Walensky dismissed concerns that the monkey’s smallpox could be transmitted through airborne particles. “Monkeypox is not thought to remain in the air and is not normally transmitted for short periods of shared airspace,” Walensky said. “The virus is not thought to spread through interactions such as having an informal conversation, going to the grocery store, or touching the same items, such as a doorknob.”
But people can contract smallpox from smallpox through respiratory secretions during “close and sustained face-to-face contact,” Walensky added. However, the virus is most often “spread by direct contact with body fluids or sores in the body of someone who has monkeypox, or by direct contact with materials that have touched those body fluids and stores such as clothing or clothing. “.
The monkeypox virus involved in this global outbreak appears to be milder than other strains, which can cause a rash in multiple parts of the body, as well as flu-like symptoms, Walensky said. The rash may look like sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as herpes or syphilis, Walensky warned. Doctors should test for monkeypox virus in suspected cases of ETS.
The U.S. has enough smallpox vaccine to “vaccinate millions of Americans if necessary,” said Dawn O’Connell, deputy secretary of preparedness and response for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. information session.
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