A rare case smallpox of monkeys confirmed in England, health officials said, according to Skynews.
Viral infection usually causes mild illness and most people recover within a few weeks and it is similar to human smallpox.
The initial symptoms They include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain and exhaustion. However, some people may become seriously ill.
The patient found with monkey pox recently traveled to the UK from Nigeriawhere he is believed to have contracted the infection while receiving care at Infectious Diseases Unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.
According to the NHS, smallpox spreads mainly by wild animals in areas of West or Central Africa.
The disease can be transmitted through close contact with an infected person, but there is a very low risk of transmission to the general population.
THE Dr. Colin Brown“The UKHSA and the NHS have established and robust infection control procedures for cases of imported infectious disease, and they will be strictly adhered to,” said Director of Clinical and Emerging Infections at the UK Health Insurance Agency.
According to Public Health England, Monkey pox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of smallpox appeared in monkeys kept for research.
The first human case recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On December 3, 2019, a patient was diagnosed with monkey pox in England and two more cases were recorded in Israel in 2018 and Singapore in 2019.
Sky News
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