Portugal, Spain, the United States and other places have recently found a number of confirmed cases of monkeypox virus, France, Canada have reported the first batch of cases, and the rapid spread of the monkeypox epidemic has triggered a high degree of vigilance in the health departments of Europe and the United States.
Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease that is similar to smallpox but milder. Symptoms are fever, headache, and macules in multiple parts of the body. Portugal has the largest number of infected people in the current outbreak, with 14 confirmed cases and another 20 suspected cases. According to the Portuguese health department, monkeypox is mainly transmitted through close contact, and the current confirmed patients are men between the ages of 20 and 40.
Since the monkeypox virus was first detected in humans in 1970, there are two main chains of transmission in West Africa and Congo, and most of the recent outbreaks in Europe have come from West Africa. Experts said that there is currently no monkeypox vaccine, but the smallpox vaccine has a certain effect on the monkeypox virus. According to the World Health Organization, most infected people recover within a few weeks, but up to 10% of those infected still face death. (Phoenix TV Sun Weijian comprehensive report)
