Monkeypox virus disease outbreak

Monkeypox is not a “repeat of” Covid-19, a UK government minister has assured. “As with any new disease, and obviously after the Covid pandemic doubly so, we ...

Jake Sullivan, the president’s national security adviser, told reporters aboard the flight to Tokyo that the US has a supply of “vaccine that is relevant to treating monkeypox.” Australia has at least two cases of monkeypox after the cases were detected in people returning from abroad. The outbreak is now said to be the “largest and most widespread ever seen in Europe” where a dozen of countries have reported cases. It has at least five cases of the virus. The person has been isolated and contact tracing is being conducted. It called on anyone returning from abroad with fever and lesions to see a doctor. The total tally in Spain reached 30 after 23 cases were confirmed in a single day. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. He added that work was underway to determine what vaccine might be effective. A sauna in Madrid has been linked to a majority of cases which has been closed. The WHO list did not include Israel, Switzerland and Austria, which have since confirmed their own cases. The head of the World Health Organisation has described monkeypox as a new “formidable” challenge to the global community alongside the Covid-19 pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, as the agency warned of rising cases of the virus.