At a press conference the Montreal public health officials noted they had 17 suspected cases of monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people and symptoms include fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes.
Cases of monkeypox - which is endemic to Central or West Africa - have emerged in the UK, Spain, Portugal, the US, Italy, Sweden, France and Canada recently.
The Melbourne man developed mild symptoms before he returned to Melbourne on May 16, according to the Victorian Department of Health, and immediately sought medical attention
The illness begins with:
Fever.
Headache.
Muscle aches.
Backache.
Swollen lymph nodes.
Chills.
Exhaustion.
My comment:
For a rare viral infection that does not spread easily, I find cases across the globe a matter of concern -too many in a relatively short period of time!
Currently, the CDC is monitoring six people in the United States for possible monkeypox infections after they sat near an infected traveler who had symptoms while on a flight from Nigeria to the United Kingdom in early May, as transmission between humans mostly occurs through large respiratory droplets prolonged face-to-face contact is needed -the question is how close to this traveler did these 6 passengers get? was the infected person a female too beautiful to keep away from? we instinctively keep away from "unwell strangers" in these pandemic days so why didn't these 6 people practice some commonsense social distancing?
At a press conference the Montreal public health officials noted they had 17 suspected cases of monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people and symptoms include fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes.
Cases of monkeypox - which is endemic to Central or West Africa - have emerged in the UK, Spain, Portugal, the US, Italy, Sweden, France and Canada recently.
The Melbourne man developed mild symptoms before he returned to Melbourne on May 16, according to the Victorian Department of Health, and immediately sought medical attention
The illness begins with:
Fever.
Headache.
Muscle aches.
Backache.
Swollen lymph nodes.
Chills.
Exhaustion.
My comment:
For a rare viral infection that does not spread easily, I find cases across the globe a matter of concern -too many in a relatively short period of time!
Currently, the CDC is monitoring six people in the United States for possible monkeypox infections after they sat near an infected traveler who had symptoms while on a flight from Nigeria to the United Kingdom in early May, as transmission between humans mostly occurs through large respiratory droplets prolonged face-to-face contact is needed -the question is how close to this traveler did these 6 passengers get? was the infected person a female too beautiful to keep away from? we instinctively keep away from "unwell strangers" in these pandemic days so why didn't these 6 people practice some commonsense social distancing?