Monkey acne epidemic sweeps European and American

At the entrance of the office building of the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Xinhua News Agency

The World Health Organization Director -General Tan Desai announced on July 23 that the epidemic of the monkey acne was listed as "the international concern public health incident." The World Health Organization believes that the risk of monkey acne is currently in the world, but Europe has the highest risks. Countries need to use existing tool policies to control monkey acne virus to prevent further spread of monkey acne virus.

The difficult determination of the global emergencies

According to the WHO data, from the beginning of the year to the present, 75 countries and regions around the world have reported a total of 16,000 cases of acne. From the end of June to the beginning of July, the number of cases of diagnosis of infection increased by 77%. Monkey acne is a kind of human and animal affected diseases. Human beings first confirmed and reported in Africa in Africa in the 1970s that people infected with monkey acne. Since then, the disease is distributed in a tropical rain forest area in Africa. However, the spread of this monkey acne spread to Europe, the Americas and Asia, and the cases reported by many countries did not have a history of travel in the popular region of monkey acne.

Previously, the WHO had held many expert meetings to determine the epidemic of the monkey acne as the "international concern public health incident", and there were also differences in the expert committee responsible for providing suggestions on this issue. "Internationally concerned emergencies" is the highest -level alert issued by WHO. The establishment of this alarm system in WHO is to call on the international community to support the financial, resources, and medical care of the international community to ensure the transparency of the epidemic in the area affected by the epidemic. The circulation takes certain temporary epidemic prevention measures.

In the end, the WMNCO's epidemic was quickly spread in the United States and Europe and issued an alert. On the 23rd, Tan Desai said at a press conference that after the predecessor of the Emergency Expert Committee of the WHO, he still failed to reach a consensus, but he "still" still wants to report the number of cases of monkey acne cases to more and more countries. "Followed by", only six of the nine experts of the committee recognized monkey acne outbreaks to determine the standard of "emergencies in international attention". In view of the consultation and suggestions of the emergency expert committee, after the report of the reference committee, the WHO finally determined that the epidemic of monkey acne was announced as "international concern public health incidents."

The WHO will provide a series of suggestions for countries, including strengthening monitoring and public health measures according to the different situations of monkey acne epidemic in various regions, to accelerate the research of vaccine and treatment methods; and to prevent and control international travel.

Europe has become the "earthquake" of this monkey acne epidemic situation

According to statistics from the European Centers for Diseases and Control (ECDC), more than 80%of the cases of acne infection diagnosed worldwide in 2022 are in Europe. EU Health Specialist Kiriagids said in an interview with European media that she was worried about more and more crimen cases in Europe, and the number of diagnosis in European acne cases in Europe rose by 50%within a week. The European Disease Prevention and Control Center is currently working with WHO to strengthen monitoring and tracking of acne cases in Europe.

In early May of this year, Britain reported a case of a tourist who returned from Nigeria to carry monkey acne virus. A few days later, Britain reported three other cases of acne, which seemed to be infected locally. Subsequently, more European countries have also begun to report confirmation cases, but many cases have not been to the epidemic area such as Africa such as Africa. At present, the European health institution has not yet determined where the epidemic came from, and the earliest report cases in Europe appeared in April this year.

The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention first released the risk assessment of monkey acne epidemic in Europe on July 8th. It believes that "the cases and signs and signs in the current epidemic situation are different from the difference between the disease described by the disease that the monkey acne outbreak of Africa in the past." Essence In the early stage of the epidemic, the clinical manifestations of patients with acne are not typical, making the diagnosis of ordinary clinicians difficult. The latest research report released by the British "New England Medical Magazine" stated on the 21st that some of the cases of acne cases around the world have nothing to do with ordinary monkey acne virus, which may lead to some missed and misdiagnosis.

Monkey acne virus from Africa to the United States and Europe

Since the 1970s, Zael, Liberia, Cameroon, etc. in Africa have reported on the epidemic situation of monkey acne, and they have developed diseases throughout the year. Generally, from July to August, it is a peak. Experts believe that the hazards caused by monkey acne virus in Africa are more harmful, which is related to the low nutritional status of local people in Africa. In addition, the infection rate of HIV in Africa has continued to increase, and the harm of monkey acne virus to individual immune defects is greater.

In 2003, monkey acne virus landed on the western hemisphere for the first time and outbreak in the United States. This is also the first time that a case of monkey acne was reported outside the African continent. A total of 47 people confirmed. According to the U.S. health institution's final investigation, the epidemic was outbreak due to the carrying of imported animals. The virus can finally be traced back to a pet shop. The shop's more than 800 small mammals imported from Ghana infected the monkey acne virus, which caused the virus to infect humans.

Many global health experts support the WHO's decision to list monkey acne outbreaks as "international concerns of emergencies in public health". It is believed that monkey acne epidemic has been spread in Africa for many years but has never been widely valued by countries.Whitworth, Honorary Professor of London Health and Tropical Medical College, said that he hopes that people's attention to the epidemic of the monkey acne can "pay attention to controlling viruses in Africa."EssenceMo Ti, the head of the African offices of the WHO, is worried that Africa will be forgotten by developed countries such as the United States and Europe as in developed countries such as the new crown pneumonia.(Reporter Deng Yufei)

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