Recruitment in high -risk people!The first case of children in the United States

The WHO Emergency Committee met again to evaluate whether monkey acne constituted "international concerns of emergencies."

The US health department confirmed on the 22nd that there were two children infected with monkey acne virus, which was the first time that the United States had discovered children's acne. The World Health Organization has previously warned that monkey acne may be more dangerous for children and pregnant women.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the two children from California, the other is a baby, a non -American citizen, but was tested in Washington.

The two are currently in good shape and are being treated. Officials believe that they are infected with viruses through family, and the specific infection pathway is still under investigation.

On July 12, 2022, people lined up at the San Francisco General Hospital to wait for vaccination. Picture source: Associated Press

According to Reuters on the 21st, about 65 countries and regions around the world found monkey acne epidemic, and more than 1,5100 cases were confirmed. Among them, there were more than 2,800 cases of acne in the United States.

According to the Associated Press, officials said that monkey acne virus can spread through close contact, towels and bedding. Dr. James Laul, an infectious disease expert at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said that this means that the virus may be transmitted through a long or dense contact at home.

In Europe, at least 6 cases of acne cases of acne at the age of 17 and below.

In Africa, children infected with acne infected. The doctor noticed that the proportion of children with severe illness and death was higher. Dr. Laul said that one of the reasons may be that many middle -aged and elderly people vaccinated the ceiling vaccine when they were young, which may provide them with the protection of related viruses such as monkey acne. After the ceiling was eradicated about 40 years ago, the ceiling vaccination stopped.

It is understood that monkey acne is a viral human and livestock. The initial symptoms of human infection of monkey acne include fever, headache, muscle soreness, back pain, lymph nodes, etc., and can be developed into a large range of rash on the face and body.

Due to the spread of monkey acne epidemic, the WHO Emergency Committee met again on the 21st to evaluate whether the disease of the flow constituted a "international concern public health incident", that is, the highest -level warning released by the WHO. The agency did not include the epidemic of the monkey acne in this level last month.

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