Faced with monkeypox, China gives its instructions. After registering its first case this Friday, September 16, in a person who recently entered the country, one of China’s top health officials particularly advised the population to avoid all physical contact with foreigners.
“To prevent possible monkeypox infection and as part of our healthy lifestyle, it is recommended not to have direct skin-to-skin contact with strangers,” said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. from China.
An instruction that the manager also applies to people who have been abroad in the last three weeks. Deeming it “necessary” to “strengthen surveillance and prevention of the epidemic at the social level,” his message was widely spread and shared, particularly on Chinese social media.
A first case in Hong Kong
The monkeypox patient was diagnosed after developing symptoms including a rash, the southwestern city of Chongqing’s health commission said.
The patient “is under central isolation at a designated hospital and is in stable condition,” according to the commission, adding that there were “no traces of social transmission and the risk of transmission is weak.”
Quelques auparavant jours, this Hong Kong que avait enregistré es el premier case de variole du singe chez un hombre de 30 ans que apresenté des symptomes alors qu’il était soumis à la période de quarantaine Covid de trois jours imposée par la ville aux New arrivals.
According to the WHO dashboard that lists all confirmed cases, as of September 7 there were 54,709 cases and 18 deaths recorded in 125 countries, 98% of which are in Europe and North America.
Source: BFM TV
