Identification of the first case of “monkey pox” in the UAE
The UAE Ministry of Health announced the identification of the first case of monkey pox in the country.
The UAE Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it had identified the first case of “monkey pox” in the Persian Gulf country.
According to the UAE Ministry of Health, the infected person is a woman who traveled to the country from West Africa.
At the same time as the World Health Organization warned about the outbreak of the “monkey pox” virus, a European medical institution also announced an increase in the number of people infected with the disease in the European Union.
The European Union’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Tuesday morning that 67 people had been diagnosed with smallpox in European countries.
The center said in a statement that a total of 67 cases had been reported in nine EU countries.
The statement said: “We talked about the cases registered from May 15 to 23 in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. “Austria has been added to this list in an updated version.”
Earlier, a hospital in Tel Aviv announced Friday evening that the first suspected case of monkey pox had been identified in occupied Palestine.
Cases of smallpox have reportedly been reported only in people who have traveled to Central and West Africa. But over the past week, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United States, Sweden and Canada have reported cases of the disease, mostly in young men who have not traveled to Africa.
The smallpox virus usually causes fever, chills, skin rashes, and lesions on the face or genitals. The World Health Organization estimates that the disease is fatal to one in 10 people, but smallpox vaccines are protective and some antiviral drugs are being developed.
