The capital’s cleaning station confirmed three more cases of monkeypox, bringing the total to thirty in the metropolis. Two of the three newly infected were abroad at the start of the month, one in Greece and one in Macedonia.
Eight other cases of monkeypox were confirmed in five other regions, according to previous information from the State Health Institute.
The first cases of infection appeared in the Czech Republic in late May. According to the State Institute of Health, it is possible to find out that about half of the people recently traveled to one of the European countries. Some live in music or other festivals. Others were infected in the Czech Republic.
According to hygienists, three newly infected people developed skin disease manifestations in various parts of their bodies in the first half of August. Neither of them required hospitalization, they were ordered to isolate at home. Despite its name, the disease is not related to chickenpox, which spreads among children. It is transmitted through close contact with bodily fluids or rashes, such as sexual contact.
The so-called monkeypox is common in West and Central African countries. Around mid-May, the infection began to spread in Europe, the United States and other countries. According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, more than 800 cases have been reported in 21 European countries.
Today, the State Institute of Health reported a case from France where a dog was infected from an infected person. Experts worry that the disease could continue to spread through pets. The infection can be passed from them to humans through bites, scratches, contact with animal body fluids, but also from contaminated bedding, for example.
“A case from France shows that pets can be infected from their owners as well as humans. Therefore, it is important for infected people to avoid contact with mammals that are kept as pets.” stated in the press release of the deputy head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology of the State Institute of Health Kateřina Fabianova.
According to him, in addition to dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits or other rodents can also be infected. “There is a risk of monkeypox virus entering wild animal populations in Europe,” added Fabianova.
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