Updated on 08/05/2022 at 16:10
- A man contracted monkeypox in the United Kingdom.
- The man is believed to have contracted the infection in Nigeria and is currently being treated in a London hospital.
- Only British health authorities see a low risk of infection.
at England A case of monkeypox has been recorded. rare episode virus The NHS said at the weekend that it was believed that the infected people contracted it in Nigeria and then traveled to Great Britain.
The man will enter London He was treated in the hospital by specialists and his contacts will be contacted as a precaution. “It is important to stress that monkeypox does not spread easily from person to person and that the risk to the public is extremely low,” Colin Brown of Britain’s Health Security Agency said in a statement.
Monkeypox is usually mild
Transmission of the virus can occur when people are in close physical contact with each other. According to the authority, the illnesses are usually mild and subside within a few weeks. However, there can be isolated, more serious cases. Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that often begins on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox was first recorded in humans in Africa in 1970. Since then, they have been shown to have outperformed in more than a dozen countries on the continent. Pathogens can be transmitted by different animal species. According to the World Health Organization, viruses were occasionally exported by travelers to the United States and Israel and also until 2018. Great Britain.
Smallpox has been considered eradicated worldwide since 1980 after a major vaccination campaign.
© dpa
