The cases of monkey pox infections detected in Europe raise serious concerns, said Dmitry Medvedev, vice-chairman of the Security Council (SB) at a meeting of the Security Council’s interministerial committee on the creation of a national system of protection against new threats on Friday. infections.
Dmitry Medvedev noted that «there was no the most pleasant news from Europe,» it concerns cases of human infection with monkey smallpox. «These are isolated cases, but they also raise serious concerns,» said the politician.
The World Health Organization (WHO) notes that monkey pox is a rare viral disease that mainly occurs in remote areas of central and west Africa, located near tropical rainforests.
According to the WHO, the virus is transmitted to humans from wildlife such as rodents and primates, and its secondary spread through human-to-human transmission is limited. Typically, the mortality rates for monkey pox outbreaks range from 1% to 10%, with the majority of deaths occurring in the younger age groups, the organization said. There is no specific treatment or vaccine for monkey pox, but prior smallpox vaccination provides highly effective prevention of the disease.
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