International Observation 丨 The total number of global infections exceeds 15,000 cases, and WHO sounds the highest level alert for the epidemic of monkey acne

On July 23, the World Health Organization announced that the epidemic of monkey acne was "internationally concerned emergencies."

Global reports have a total of more than 15,000 monkey acne infections

On June 23, the World Health Organization Emergency Committee met for the first time to discuss the global epidemic and response. At that time, the committee unanimously decided that the Director -General of the WHO for the time being not listed as a "international concern public health incident."

However, at the time, the committee also stated that if the number of cases reported in the report increased, the incident should be re -evaluated immediately. Data from WHO show that there are more than 14,000 cases of acne cases worldwide. There are also statistics from international institutions that the total number of acne infections in global reports has exceeded 15,000.

Earlier, the WHO introduced the technical guidance provided by supporting countries to respond to monkey acne epidemic, including strengthening monitoring, isolation cases, confirming and monitoring contacts, strengthening laboratory and testing capabilities, and adopting clinical management in health care and community environment. And infection prevention and control measures, avoid the stigma of the epidemic, and provide stable diagnosis and treatment pathway.

According to the news provided by the WHO, monkey acne is a viral human and animals and animals. It is caused by monkey acne virus. It is transmitted to humans through close contact with the infected people or animals, or contact with virus -contaminated objects. In contact with skin injury, body fluid, respiratory tract droplets, and bedding, pollutants can be spread between people. The typical manifestations of monkey acne are fever, rash and lymphadenopathy, and may cause a series of complications. The WHO said that monkey acne is usually a self -limited disease with symptoms lasting for 2 to 4 weeks, but there may also be severe cases and even cause death.

The 7th "Internationally Focus on Urcented Public Health Incidents"

"Internationally concerned emergencies in public health" is the highest -level alert issued by WHO. It is defined as "special events that are determined to be spreading the disease worldwide, constitute a public health risk to other countries, and may need international coordinated response." This means that there is a serious, sudden, unusual, or unexpected situation. The impact on public hygiene beyond the boundary of the affected country may need to take action globally.

The monkey acne epidemic constitutes the "international concern public health incident". This is also the seventh "international concern for emergencies in international concern" since the implementation of the "International Health Regulations" in 2005. The secondary is the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, the 2014 wild spinal ashcnitis virus, the 2014 West Afrah virus, the 2016 Brazil Zika virus, the 2018-2020 Congo (Gold) Ebola epidemic (Gold) Ebola epidemic ( It was announced in 2019) and the new crown epidemic in 2020.

Foreign media analysis means that this rare determination means that the WHO believes that the epidemic of the monkey acne pose a sufficient threat to the global health situation. It is necessary to adopt a coordinated international countermeasure to prevent further transmission of monkey acne virus and may be upgraded to great popularity.

The United States reports the first case of children infected by children in infection with acne

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on the 22nd that the United States first reported two cases of children infected with acne virus in the United States. Although children are high -risk people in virus infection, the latest research and data show that the main ways to spread monkey acne virus are still sexual behaviors.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that one of these two cases of children infected with monkey acne virus is the resident of California, and the other is non -American residents. It is likely to be infected by the spread of monkey acne virus among family members. Essence

Except for two examples of pediatric diseases, health officials said they knew at least 8 of more than 800 US cases reported so far.

The official Jennifer McQueiston said that the occurrence of a case of children infected with acne infection is not surprising, but there is no evidence so far that this virus is in a gay, bisexual, and other male contacts. Except the scope involved.

Monkey acne virus can spread through close personal contact, towels and bedding. Dr. James Laul, an infectious disease expert at the University of Nebraska's Medical Center, said that this means that the transmission may occur at home, and it may be through a long or dense contact. "People will not be on each other's beds, unless they live In the same house or family ".

The European Pharmacy Administration recommends approved ceiling vaccine to prevent monkey acne

Because monkey acne and smallpox belong to acne virus, vaccines for smallpox development are considered to provide cross -protection for monkey acne. The British Health and Safety Administration has suggested providing smallpox vaccines to high -risk people to block the spread of monkey acne. However, at present, Britain and other European countries have not obtained a vaccine for permissions for monkey acne immunity.

The European Drug Administration issued an announcement on July 22, suggesting that the European Union approves the scope of indications for expanding the ceiling vaccine IMVANEX to help adults prevent monkey acne. The vaccine was produced by the Danish Palaceians and Nordic Corporation, and was previously approved to prevent smallpox in the European Union.

The results released by the European Pharmacy Administration show that inoculation of IMVANEX has a protective effect on non -human long animals infection monkey acne virus, so it can infer its effectiveness in preventing human monkey acne. The vaccine has good safety and the side effects are mild to medium.

According to the agency's suggestion, imvanex can be used to "actively immune to diseases caused by adult ceiling, monkey acne and acne virus.The vaccine has been approved in the United States and Canada, and its indications have been expanded to including monkey acne.

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