The latest developments
Since May, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox in people outside endemic areas have been reported worldwide, including in Switzerland and Germany. The most important questions and answers and the latest developments.
The photo shows test tubes to determine cases of monkeypox – several thousand cases have been discovered worldwide outside of Africa since early May.
The latest developments
- The Biden administration has declared a national health emergency over monkeypox. This should, among other things, free up federal funds to fight the virus. According to authorities, the United States now has 6,600 cases. “We are ready to take our response to this virus to the next level, and we urge all Americans to take monkeypox seriously and take responsibility for helping us fight this virus,” the minister said Thursday. Health Xavier Becerra. The WHO had already declared the highest level of alert two weeks ago.
- The death of a monkeypox patient has been confirmed for the first time in India. The young man had no other health problems, the health minister of the affected state of Kerala, Veena George, said on Monday August 1. He tested positive for the virus in the United Arab Emirates a good two weeks ago. Shortly after, according to his information, he returned to his native India, where he later developed a fever, had to go to hospital and was on a ventilator for the last time. He died last Saturday.
- Spain reported the second death linked to monkeypox on Saturday July 30. It is also the second death in Europe and only the third outside Africa in the current outbreak of the disease. Spain had only reported the first casualty the day before. Shortly before that, a person in Brazil had died of monkeypox. According to a July 22 report from the World Health Organization, only five deaths had been recorded so far, all of them in the African region.
- The US state of New York declared a state of emergency on Friday July 29 due to the continued spread of monkeypox. Governor Kathy Hochul tweeted, “I am declaring a state of emergency to bolster our ongoing efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak.” She added that more than one in four cases of monkeypox in the United States occur in New York. This has a disproportionate impact on groups at risk. As of July 29, there are a total of 1,383 confirmed cases in New York state, according to the New York City Department of Health website.
- According to information from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday July 29, more than 22,000 people have been shown to have contracted the monkeypox virus since the last outbreak. The WHO announced 18,000 infections on Wednesday. According to the WHO, the virus has been detected in 78 countries.
