Jul 30, 2022

Monkey Pox Update



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First monkeypox deaths outside Africa are reported in Spain and Brazil

Three people have died of monkeypox in Brazil and Spain, marking the first known fatalities outside Africa in the current outbreak.

In Brazil, a 41-year-old man with lymphoma and weakened immunity died in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte, health officials said Friday. The country has confirmed at least 1,259 cases.

Hours later, Spain announced the first death in Europe, although no information about the individual has been released. The health ministry confirmed a second death Saturday. Spain has been one of the worst-affected countries, with 4,298 confirmed cases and at least 120 patients hospitalized.

At least five people have died in Africa.


On July 23, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, its highest-level warning. Globally 22,485 cases have been confirmed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the overwhelming majority outside of countries in central and western Africa where the virus is normally found.

The WHO says the risk from the virus is high in Europe and moderate elsewhere. Cases normally begin with flu-like symptoms, and a rash that appears days later, according to the CDC. Infections usually last between two and four weeks.

Most cases have so far been reported among men who have sex with men, with WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus suggesting earlier this week that they should consider temporarily reducing sexual partners as cases rise. Global health authorities have grappled with the risk of stigmatizing members of the community or downplaying the risk to the wider population.

Case Count by State (none reported for MT & WY)

No dead Americans to report yet.

Alabama                     16
Alaska                          1
Arizona                       50
Arkansas                      4
California                  799
Colorado                     53
Connecticut                33
Delaware                      4
District Of Columbia 218
Florida                      373
Georgia                    351
Hawaii                        10
Idaho                            4
Illinois                       419
Indiana                       49
Iowa                           10
Kansas                         1
Kentucky                      8
Louisiana                   38
Maine                          1
Maryland                 117
Massachusetts        116
Michigan                   28
Minnesota                 33
Mississippi                  3
Missouri                      9
Nebraska                  10
Nevada                     14
New Hampshire          9
New Jersey             118
New Mexico                7
New York              1345
North Carolina          53
North Dakota              1
Ohio                          23
Oklahoma                   9
Oregon                     58
Pennsylvania          125
Puerto Rico              14
Rhode Island            19
South Carolina         16
South Dakota             1
Tennessee               26
Texas                     351
Utah                        27
Virginia                    76
Washington           120
West Virginia             3
Wisconsin                13


(as of July 29, 2022 at 2pm EDT)

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