The United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic and Slovenia are the latest countries to log infections.Īlthough not purposefully made for monkeypox, the Imvanex jab - made by Danish-based Bavarian Nordic to treat smallpox - is up to 85 per cent effective because the two viruses are so similar.Īntivirals and therapies for smallpox also work for monkeypox.ĭr Romulus Breban, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, said the current global outbreak was 'waiting to happen' because of the world's 'almost zero' immunity level. So far, conspiracy theories are already spreading on Chinese social media that the US is deliberately spreading monkeypox, after its Communist government was accused of leaking and covering up Covid.Īt least 221 monkeypox cases have been confirmed across the world since the first patient was sickened in the UK on May 6, with most infections among gay and bisexual men. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion
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