Sound the alarm! Global surge of 20%! 20 days of disinfection, the virus is still at home! Human-to-animal may cause mutation

Perhaps at the beginning, no one thought that this virus could go so far and so widely, causing the WHO and the White House to sound the alarm of a public health emergency one after another. In the double quagmire.

The global monkeypox epidemic spreads, with nearly 7,500 new infections in just one week, an increase of 20%!

The world's first case of human-to-animal transmission has made the WHO nervous: Be vigilant! Isolate in time!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the "No. 1 Epidemic Area" in the United States announced the latest notice: The virus can stay in items at home! The transmission power during the period is unknown! Some state governments directly announced the latest epidemic prevention measures: isolate for 2 days before going out!

Before the fall and winter of 2022, various viruses are flying all over the sky, and countries are turning on red lights.

In the past week alone, nearly 7,500 new monkeypox cases have been reported globally, a 20% surge, with the majority of reported cases coming from Europe and the Americas, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization.

At present, monkeypox infection cases have occurred in 92 countries around the world, with a total of more than 35,000 cases!

Experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention warned that monkeypox is likely to spread from Europe and the United States to the world in a pattern similar to that of AIDS.

The World Health Organization has warned that the monkeypox outbreak has raised the highest level of global public health alert. What's more serious is that the European Regional Director Hans Krueger said bluntly: Vaccines alone cannot end the monkeypox epidemic!

Although the initial "epicenter" of this wave of monkeypox outbreaks was Europe, the United States "came from behind" and rushed directly to the world's first.

According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of August 18, that is, this Thursday, the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States has exceeded 14,000, an increase of more than 30% compared to last week!

In addition, at least 12 children in the United States are now unfortunately infected!

On the 19th, the CDC released a new report-according to the investigation, the monkeypox virus can stay on a variety of commonly used household items! It is still unclear how the virus spread during this period!

In people's cognition, monkeypox is spread by intimacy between men and men, but with the continuous evolution of the virus, the scope and method of transmission have also expanded, and the susceptible population has expanded to women and children.

According to the report, after the diagnosis of two monkeypox patients who were in the same room, they began to isolate and disinfect the surfaces of their homes every day to avoid repeated contact, wash their hands multiple times a day, and take regular baths.

However, just 20 days after they developed monkeypox symptoms, the researchers detected monkeypox virus on surfaces they frequently touched.

These "common items in the home" include sofas, rugs, coffee machines, mice and light switches, all of which can be touched by hands and feet in daily life.

The researchers revealed that they did not find live virus on these objects or surfaces, which may indicate that the contact objects are less likely to be infected, or it may be that high-intensity cleaning and disinfection played a role in curbing viral contamination.

Monkeypox virus is mainly transmitted through prolonged close contact with the diseased part of the patient or respiratory secretions, but this study shows that the virus can also be transmitted through liquids or objects used by infected people, but it is still unclear whether the object is indirect. The link between transmission and the degree of contamination on surfaces needs further confirmation.

A while ago, the United States broke out the confirmed cases of nursery school staff and gas station employees, all of which were presumed to have been unfortunately infected by contact with the surface of objects with the virus, which aroused the vigilance of public health experts.

Seeing that the epidemic can no longer be contained, on August 18, the California state government announced the first monkeypox isolation guidelines-

It is recommended that people diagnosed with monkeypox should self-isolate for 2 days after the symptoms disappear before they can resume outdoor activities!

The California Health Minister said that the "isolation guidelines" are consistent with the CDC guidelines: those infected with monkeypox should be isolated at home, and if they live with them, they should be isolated in a separate room until symptoms disappear.

Also, it is not advisable to share bedding, towels or utensils with co-occupants.

The only difference is that California's guidelines clearly specify the duration of contact isolation: at least 48 hours after the lesions have scabbed off and other symptoms, including fever, have disappeared.

In addition, what many people are worried about has happened - the world's first human-to-animal case of monkeypox!

According to French media, a pet dog was suspected of being infected by its owner and was diagnosed with monkeypox virus, which is the world's first human-to-human-to-pet monkeypox case.

WHO officials are urgently calling for precautions to be taken to prevent the virus from mutating after being passed to animals.

Global public health experts have long been vigilant about the spread of the virus between humans and animals.

Theoretically, there is a risk of monkeypox virus transmission from humans to animals, so public health agencies have been recommending that infected people be separated from pets and that infected people's waste must be handled carefully to avoid infecting wild animals outside the home, such as rodents.

Once the monkeypox virus is transmitted to animal groups and spreads in "different environments", the virus may mutate and get out of hand, especially since the natural host of monkeypox has not yet been determined.

The CDC guidelines clearly state that people who test positive for monkeypox should be careful when hugging or petting animals. Pets can also contract the virus through blankets or other household items used by patients, and owners should contact a veterinarian if a pet appears to be infected.

"Pets who have been in close contact with a patient with symptomatic monkeypox should be quarantined for 21 days away from other animals and people; infected people should not care for pets."

Not to mention the mutation caused by human-animal infection, the outbreak of monkeypox cases has been mutated several times since the outbreak.

I hope you all stay clean, pay attention to personal hygiene and disinfection, whether you are out or at home. Viruses are everywhere, and hygiene is still very important.

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