On May 23, local time, the Uk Health Security Agency announced the confirmed situation of monkeypox, and it is expected that the number of infections will surge in the next few weeks. The Scottish Ministry of Health also announced the first confirmed case on the same day, and is conducting circulation to avoid causing large-scale transmission. Most of the patients in the UK are now mildly symptomatic, with only one infected child being treated in intensive care at a hospital in London. The UK Health Safety Agency has issued official guidance recommendations, stating that anyone who has had close contact with a monkeypox patient should be quarantined for 21 days, recommending that contacts provide detailed information to facilitate circulation, and advising them to abandon travel plans and avoid contact with immunocompromised people, pregnant women and children under 12 years of age. However, health experts are still worried that the monkeypox virus will cause large-scale transmission within the community, especially in the current gay and bisexual men, the confirmed patients account for a considerable proportion, so they urge the group to remain vigilant, recommending that the public pay attention to relevant information and do a good job of prevention.
A spokesman for the UK Health Security Agency told the media that there is no specific vaccine for monkeypox, but the smallpox vaccine does provide some protection, with an effective rate of up to 85%, and the UK has begun to provide smallpox vaccine to potential close contacts. According to sources, the UK had earlier stockpiled 5,000 doses, but now ordered an additional 20,000 doses. British Prime Minister Johnson was asked on the 23rd whether he needed to follow the example of other countries to quarantine passengers arriving in the UK, and how to deploy smallpox vaccination, he said that he needed to pay close attention. (Phoenix TV Xu Liang, Zhang Haipei reported in London)
