The State Institute of Public Health sent information to Czech doctors on how to treat suspected smallpox. The disease, which is still common on the African continent, is now spreading rapidly in European countries and the United States. “This should be a warning to us. It can be assumed that sooner or later we will find this in our region too,” said Libor Grubhoffer, director of the Center for Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, according to which basic life measures can be used to prevent smallpox. from spreading.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of Saturday, inclusive, it had received reports of 92 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 28 suspected cases from 12 Member States where the disease had not previously occurred, according to available data.
Smallpox first recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1970s. The number of cases in West Africa has increased over the past decade. Symptoms of the disease include fever, headache, and a skin rash that usually appears first on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body.
According to the WHO, the virus is transmitted through close contact with infected tissues and body fluids, as well as droplets. Transmission can also occur through contaminated materials, such as bed linen.
Currently, the first monkeypox case occurred in early May in the UK. Since then, it has spread to a number of European countries, including Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. Australia, Canada and the United States have also reported infections.
In the Czech Republic, there have been no confirmed cases of monkeypox, but the State Institute of Public Health (SZÚ) has warned of the spread of the disease. However, he added that the chances of transmitting the virus were low without sexual intercourse.
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