alert!Monkey acne cases have appeared in most places in Asia

Since May 2022

Some non -flow countries have reported monkey acne cases

Recently, some Asian countries

Also found monkey acne cases for the first time

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The first case of monkey acne cases appeared in Taiwan

On June 24, the Taiwan "Disease Control Agency" announced the first case of diagnosis in Taiwan's first overseas input monkey acne, which was a 20 -year -old man.

Patients went to Germany from January to June 2022, and returned to Taiwan on June 16. On June 20, fever, sore throat, muscle soreness, rash, and mouse lymphatic swelling and other symptoms. Infection of monkey acne virus.

The relevant person in charge of the Taiwan "Disease Control Department" said that because the patient is at home quarantine, there are 5 contacts with one person and one household, not living with their families, and two of them are family members, and the rest are medical -related personnel. There are no symptoms of wearing masks.

Singapore and South Korea have been exposed to the infected Protect

The Ministry of Health of Singapore said on June 21 that the first case of monkey acne was found overseas in Singapore.

The confirmed case is a 42 -year -old British national man, a flight attendant, and is currently under treatment at the National Infectious Disease Center in Singapore. The Ministry of Health has tracked 13 close contacts and will accept a 21 -day isolation observation.

The Ministry of Health stated that the diagnosed air passenger stayed in Singapore from June 15th to 17th, and entered Singapore on the 19th. On the 20th, he was diagnosed with acne on the 20th. The current situation is stable.

The South Korean epidemic prevention department reported on the same day that a suspected case of monkey acne was found from Incheon International Airport on the same day from Incheon International Airport. This suspected case was sent to the hospital at about 21:40 that night for isolation treatment.

The South Korean Disease Management Department decided to raise the warning level of the monkey acne to the "attention" level on May 31. It also specified the monkey acne as the legal infectious disease of class B. Waiting for measures.

It was found that on May 13, 2022, the United Kingdom first reported local monkey acne cases. Since then, Europe, America, Asia, Oceania and Africa (non -local pop countries) have successively discovered monkey acne cases. Data released by WHO show that at least 39 countries in the world have reported to WHO that there are more than 1,600 diagnostic cases and nearly 1,500 suspected cases, and most of the confirmed cases come from Europe. Among the 39 countries, 7 national acne epidemic has many years of countries and 32 new outbreaks.

On June 24th, Xinhua News Agency quoted Luyou News Agency. On June 23, local time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that in addition to the case report infected by the infection of monkey acne due to travel abroad, evidence also showed that the monkey acne spread in the local community in the United States. Essence As of June 23, 25 states in the United States have reportedly reported to the diagnostic cases, with a total number of cases of 173 cases.

The National Health and Health Commission issued the "Monkey Acne Diagnosis and Treatment Guide" Protect

On June 14, the official website of the National Health and Health Commission released the "Guidelines for Monkey Acne Diagnosis and Treatment (2022) Nian Edition", requiring to improve the ability of medical institutions to diagnose monkey acne.

▲ Picture source: the official website of the National Health and Health Commission

In order to protect the health of our citizens, on June 22, China Disease Control also issued a health reminder ↓↓

Regarding monkey acne, the latest judgment of the WHO organization

The WHO Emergency Committee held a meeting on the 23rd of the Monkey Acne epidemic on the 23rd. On the 25th, a report issued a report to the World Health Director Director Tan Dezai that the epidemic was not set as "international concern public health incidents." ("Internationally concerned emergencies in public health" is the world's highest -level public health incident that WHO can release. At the end of January 2020, WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constitutes "international concern for emergencies."

In a statement of Tan Desai on the same day: "The emergency committee (on the epidemic of the monkey acne) held a meeting, which itself reflected the increasing attention to the spread of monkey acne internationally." The committee will meet again in the future. Essence

The committee's statement stated that some experts and members proposed that "the risk of not neglecting (monkey acne) to further spread to a wider range of people and emphasized that the monkey acne virus activity" has been neglected in some countries in the African region of the WHO for many years. No good control. "

In addition to unanimously recognizing the urgency of the monkey acne epidemic, the emergency committee also proposed a series of detailed conditions for the future re -evaluation of the epidemic. For example, if the number of cases reported in the next 21 days is accelerating, the epidemic has a serious spread internationally or within the country, or the incidence, mortality and hospitalization rate will increase, the Director of the WHO will re -call the committee for further evaluation.

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What are the symptoms of monkey acne?

Although the name of "Monkey Acne" sounds related to the monkey, the real source is not a monkey. Monkey acne is a kind of viral human and animals. It belongs to the acne virus as the virus and acne virus. It is usually not as serious as smallpox.

The incubation period of monkey acne is usually 5 to 21 days, and this period is not contagious.

Symptoms of the front -wheel drive after the onset are usually manifested: fever, headache, lymphadenopathy, muscle soreness and fatigue. Among them, lymph nodes are a significant feature of monkey acne, which can be identified with similar diseases such as chickenpox, measles and ceilings. This period began to be contagious.

The rash usually appears within 3 days of onset, first appears on the face, and then spreads across the limbs (hands, legs and feet). Oral mucosa, genitals, conjunctiva and cornea may also occur.

How to spread monkey acne?

Animal heir is the main way to spread:

Animals infected by monkey acne to bite or directly contact the blood, body fluids, skin or mucosal damage parts of the animal;

Animals infected by monkey acne virus infected by cooking;

Interpersonal communication:

By respiratory tract droplets during long -term and direct face -to -face contact;

Direct contact with the body fluid or contaminated items (such as sheets or clothing);

Suspicious mothers and infants spread and sexual communication, the current evidence is not sufficient. Some patients in this epidemic were MSM people (male actor).

Small ceiling vaccine is effective for monkey acne

There are no monkey acne vaccines. Studies have shown that inoculating ceiling vaccines prevent the effective rate of 85%of monkey acne. People who have not vaccinated the ceiling vaccine (especially those born after 1981) are generally susceptible to monkey acne virus.

The WHO called for countries to be alert to whether patients with atypical rashes have signals.

How to prevent individuals

Avoid animals (such as wild or unknown monkeys, rodents, etc.) that may carry monkey acne virus, and do not go to countries and regions with a monkey acne epidemic. At this stage, wearing masks, keeping hand hygiene, opening window ventilation, and daily disinfection are very effective preventive measures.

Under normal circumstances, monkey acne is a self -limited disease, and the symptoms last for 2 to 4 weeks. In recent years, the mortality rate is about 3-6%, of which the mortality rate of Western Africa branches is 3.6%, and the Congo Basin (China-Africa) branch is 10.6%.

Source: Xiaokang Headline Comprehensive Xinhuanet, CCTV.com, China Youth Daily, Guilin CDC

Editor -in -chief: Wang Fang

School pair: Tian Yuan Yingying

Review: Gong Zimo

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