Edited by: Wang Yuelong, Bi Luming
According to CCTV News on the 26th, on June 25, local time, WHO announced that the monkeypox epidemic at this stage does not constitute a "public health emergency of international concern." The WHO held an emergency committee meeting on the 23rd to assess whether the monkeypox epidemic constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern." The committee unanimously agreed that the current monkeypox epidemic does not constitute a "public health emergency of international concern", but that the epidemic needs to be controlled to prevent its further spread, and the epidemic should be closely monitored. The committee recommended that the monkeypox epidemic should be investigated again in a few weeks. to evaluate.
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According to a CCTV News report on the 25th, the statistics of monkeypox cases released by the Public Health Agency of Canada on June 24th, local time, showed that as of 13:00 that day, a total of 235 monkeypox cases had been confirmed in Canada. Among them, there are 3184 cases in Quebec, 345 cases in Ontario, 4 cases in Alberta, and 32 cases in British Columbia. Compared with the numbers announced on the 22nd, there were 13 new cases in Quebec and 12 new cases in Ontario. The latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of the 23rd, 25 states in the United States have reported confirmed cases of monkeypox, with the total number of cases reaching 173. South Africa and Bulgaria respectively reported confirmed cases of monkeypox for the first time. The U.S. government has recently stepped up monkeypox testing, including distributing monkeypox test samples to commercial laboratories, in response to the increasing number of cases. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement on the 22nd that the department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have begun shipping orthopox virus testing reagents to five commercial laboratories in the United States this week to improve monkeypox detection capabilities as soon as possible. . According to reports, medical institutions across the United States will be able to use these commercial laboratories from early July, and the United States' virus testing capabilities are expected to gradually increase in July. Previously, most monkeypox virus testing in the United States was completed by public health laboratories, with a testing capacity of about 8,000 tests per week. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Javier Becerra said that all Americans should take monkeypox cases seriously. Increasing the number of testing sites will allow people in need to get tested. South Africa confirmed on the 23rd that the country’s first case of monkeypox was confirmed. According to South African Health Minister Joe Fakhla, the case is a 30-year-old man from Johannesburg with no recent history of overseas travel. Relevant departments have begun to search for close contacts. The Bulgarian Ministry of Health also stated on the 23rd that the country’s first confirmed case of monkeypox. According to the Ministry of Health, the confirmed cases are a 41-year-old man and a 44-year-old man. They are currently hospitalized in a hospital in Sofia, the capital, and are in good condition. They have traveled to Spain and the UK in the past two weeks. Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease, and its causative agent, monkeypox virus, belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, swollen lymph nodes, etc., which can later develop into a widespread rash on the face and body. Most patients recover within a few weeks, but some suffer severe illness.
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