USA recorded the first death of a person stricken with monkeypox, the Texas Department of Health said Tuesday.
Texas authorities indicated that the deceased was an adult and had a “severe immunodeficiency”, they also indicated that the case is under investigation to determine what role the disease played in his death.
” monkeypox This is a serious illness, especially for immunocompromised people,” a spokesman said. Texas Department of Health, John Hellerstedt.
USA accumulates the largest number of global cases of monkeypox – 18,101 out of a total of approximately 48,800 cases in the world. The two most affected states are California (3291) and New York (3 197), and in Texas So far this Monday, there have been 1,604 cases.
US health authorities were “cautiously optimistic” last Friday because while the number of infections continues to rise, the pace of growth has slowed, especially in the hardest-hit areas.
Monkeypox outbreaks slow in Europe
The regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the decline in cases reported in several European countries suggests that the monkeypox outbreak on the continent may be receding.
“There are encouraging early signs, as seen in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and other countries, that the outbreak may be slowing down,” WHO/Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference.
Kluge was convinced that human-to-human transmission of the virus could be eliminated “if we get on with it and put the necessary resources into it.”
Brazil exempts from the use of a vaccine against the disease
Brazil’s National Sanitary Inspection Agency (Anvisa) has released a vaccine and a cure for monkeypox, resulting in 4,144 infections and one death in the country, official sources say.
In practice, Anvisa has approved a registration exemption to allow the Ministry of Health to import and use the Jynneos/Imvanex vaccine and Tecovirimat to treat the disease within the country, the note says.
The monkeypox vaccine was developed by Bavarian Nordic, is manufactured in Denmark and Germany, and despite being the same product, has different names in the US (Jynneos) and Europe (Imvanex).
(According to EFE and Europa Press)
Source: RPP
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