There is no significant risk of monkeypox spreading in Ukraine, the disease does not threaten Ukraine with a large-scale epidemic, Doctor of Medicine Dmytro Ivanov has said.
“Perhaps in the future, the incidence of monkeypox will gain momentum, but today it is more of a hype than a medical problem,” he said on the Expert Club YouTube channel.
At the same time, Ivanov said that at present, identifying cases during the incubation period is almost impossible due to the lack of test systems and mechanisms for screening and examining people who come to Ukraine.
At the same time, the expert said that Ukrainian infectious disease specialists are “fundamentally ready for the emergence of this infection and will be ready to diagnose the disease.”
“If we are talking about monkeypox as a natural pathogen, then it should not give mass distribution and present some kind of medical problem,” he said.
As reported, according to WHO, since the beginning of 2022, more than 1,600 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in the world in 39 countries, of which 72 have been fatal. In Europe, the largest number of cases occurs in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands.
The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether the monkeypox virus spreading among humans poses a public health hazard of international concern, Western media reported.
The meeting is expected to take place on June 23rd.
To date, since the beginning of the year, 1.6 thousand cases of infection with the monkeypox virus have been registered, another 1.5 thousand people are under suspicion. 72 people who have been infected have died. In total, the virus has been detected in 39 countries.
The virus was first discovered in monkeys in 1958 and in humans in 1970.
Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease most prevalent in remote areas of Central and West Africa. Its symptoms are nausea, fever, rash, itching, and muscle pain. Cases outside the region are often associated with travel to epidemiologically disadvantaged areas. The virus is spread by contact, but its virulence is low.
Earlier, the WHO stated that the situation with the spread of the monkeypox virus among humans will not reach pandemic proportions.
Earlier, the Club of Experts, Doctor of Medical Sciences Dmitry Ivanov and Doctor of Biological Sciences Svyatoslav Morozov analyzed this disease and gave their forecasts. For a more detailed analysis of the situation, see the YouTube channel of the Club of Experts at the link
