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We’re paying attention to it now, but mpox has been spreading since 2017 in Congo and Nigeria,
We know nothing about this,
Bagheni’s husband, Habumuremyiza Hire, said Thursday about mpox It is not surprising... that travel between continents has brought this case to Europe,
said Brian Ferguson, an Associate Professor of Immunology at the University of Cambridge As a result of the rapid spread of this outbreak in Africa, ECDC has increased the level of risk for the general population in the EU/EEA and travelers to affected areas,
said Pamela Rendi-Wagner, director of the Stockholm-based ECDC Ensuring effective surveillance, laboratory testing, epidemiological investigation and contact tracing capacities will be vital to detecting cases of MPXV clade I on the continent and activating any response,
the agency wrote in its new risk analysis on Friday Due to frequent and close travel links,
European Union member states should issue advice for those visiting or returning from mpox outbreak areas in five Central African states: Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya Due to the close links between Europe and Africa, we must be prepared for more imported clade I cases,
its director Pamela Rendi Wagner said We are motivated to advance development for our mpox vaccine with urgency given the global public health emergency,
its CEO Seth Lederman said This declaration is not merely a formality. It's a clarion call to action. It's a recognition that we can no longer afford to be reactive; we must be proactive and aggressive in our effort to contain and eliminate this threat."
Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, said With clade 1b, the lesions appear within 14 days of infection,
said Dr Leandre Murhula Masirkika, a scientist at the Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles in the DRC who has pioneered research on the new variant Those travelling to areas affected by the ongoing outbreak should take sensible precautions to protect themselves from the risk of infection,
said Dr Mary Ramsay, Director of Public Health Programmes at UKHSA told The Telegraph But before that, symptoms can be as subtle as a headache and fever – they might be walking around with it and be infectious,
If a practitioner saw a patient in a clinic, there’s no way they could tell if this was clade 1b or 2 until it was sent away for testing, and so I think it’s likely there are cases here that are being missed,
People with a milder infection (such as small lesions on their genitalia) could be walking around with it because they don’t know they’re infected. They might get on a plane with it, without knowing and spread it further,
It’s clear that current control strategies aren’t working and there is a clear need for more resources,
said Michael Marks, a professor of medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine We don’t know that it’s more transmissible, but it is transmitting through an efficient mode.”
Dr Rosamund Lewis, the World Health Organization (WHO) lead for mpox, said If a [global emergency declaration] is the mechanism to unlock these things, then it is warranted,
At the moment, the risk of a surge in monkeypox infection is very low in India and there is no need to panic,
PTI quoted the person aware of the development as saying There is a critical shortage of testing, treatment and vaccines across the continent. These shortages are severely hampering the ability to contain the outbreak,
said Bronwyn Nichol of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies They avoid the difficult issues,
said Antony Reeler, a Zimbabwean researcher and political analyst