South Korea logged 16 new circumstances of monkeypox for the primary week of May, pushing the nation’s whole to 60, well being authorities stated Monday.
Eleven of the circumstances have been reported from the capital Seoul, whereas two are from Gyeonggi Province, and three are from Incheon, Busan and Gwangju, native Yonhap News Agency reported, quoting Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Out of the 16 sufferers, 14 are Korean nationals and two are foreigners, and none of them traveled overseas up to now three weeks, it added.
South Korea recorded the primary case of mpox in June final yr and 4 extra circumstances via March. The first 5 circumstances had been linked to abroad journey.
Monkeypox is transmitted to people via shut contact with an contaminated particular person or animal, or with materials contaminated with the virus. Patients usually begin exhibiting signs with a fever, enlarged lymph nodes, again ache, and muscle aches earlier than a rash seems on the pores and skin, in accordance with the World Health Organization.
The U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 86,000 viral illness circumstances and 119 deaths since January 2022 everywhere in the world.
Last yr, the World Health Organization renamed monkeypox to mpox, saying the title of the illness acted as “racist and stigmatizing language.”
Both names will probably be used concurrently for one yr whereas the time period “monkeypox” is phased out, it added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
