Vaccine stocks to protect against monkeypox are currently limited worldwide
A dog is infected with monkey pox, after catching the virus from its owner, announced the World Health Organization. It is the first case, the BBC reports, and health officials say isolation from pets when infected is important.
There is no evidence that dogs can spread the disease to other dogs or people, an expert said.
About 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed worldwide, with most in Europe and North and South America. There have been 12 deaths linked to the outbreak.
After a sharp rise in monkeypox cases in the UK since May, cases have started to level off, according to the UK’s Health Safety Agency. This comes as UK supplies of the vaccine are set to run out until a new delivery of 100,000 vaccines arrives sometime in September.
The first case of human-to-dog transmission of the virus occurred in Paris and was reported in “The Lancet”. Two men – who lived in the same house – noticed changes in their hound 12 days after it started showing symptoms. Genetic analysis showed that the virus infecting the dog was exactly the same as the virus infecting the men, the report said. They reported sleeping with their dog.
THE Sylvie Briandirector of the Department of Pandemics and Epidemic Diseases at the World Health Organization, noted: “It’s the first time, so it means that dogs can be infected, but it doesn’t mean that the dog can spread the disease and infect other dogs, nor does it mean that the dog can re-infect humans if infected».
Vaccine stocks to protect against monkeypox are currently limited worldwide. There was a 20% increase in reported cases in the last week, which was also 20% higher than the previous week.
Most cases are in men who have sex with men, and global health leaders are stressing the importance of all countries providing information to these communities to help protect their health.
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