iPhone | iPad
Android
Huawei
There were no immediate reports of serious structural damage to buildings, but power was out in some areas of the city and people were fleeing to higher ground
KT APPDOWNLOAD
Rare human monkeypox case detected in US
Reuters
Dallas - It is the first case of the virus observed in the state.
A rare case of human monkeypox has been detected in Texas, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday, making it the first case of the virus observed in the state.
The viral illness was discovered in a US resident, who recently travelled from Nigeria to the United States and is currently hospitalized in Dallas.
“Although rare, this case is not a cause for alarm and we do not expect any threat to the general public,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Besides Nigeria, epidemics have also been reported in countries in Central and West Africa since 1970, with a significant outbreak among people in the United States in 2003, according to the CDC.
The CDC said it was working with the airline, state and local health authorities to contact passengers and others who may have come into contact with the patient.
Monkeypox, which belongs to the same family of viruses as smallpox, is a rare but potentially serious viral disease that usually begins with flu-like symptoms and swelling of the lymph nodes, gradually progressing to a generalized rash on the chest. face and body.
It can be spread from person to person by respiratory droplets. The CDC said that since travellers wore masks due to Covid-19, the risk of spreading monkey pox via respiratory droplets to other people on planes and at airports was low.
The patient was infected with the strain most commonly found in parts of West Africa, including Nigeria, the CDC added.
There have been at least six cases of monkey pox reported in travellers returning from Nigeria, before the current case, including in the UK, Israel and Singapore, according to the CDC. The last case was unrelated to the previous cases.
More news from World
The United Nations' health agency is convening over 300 scientists to consider evidence on more than 25 virus families and bacteria
The dramatic collapse of the crypto exchange continues to reverberate throughout the industry
Ten experts in ageing paint a picture of what the next six years might look like for a person of the president’s age
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif welcomes the development as the first pivotal step towards the goal of climate justice
Pyongyang tested a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland on Friday after warning of “fiercer military responses” to Washington
The former president has previously said the platform suffered from bots, fake accounts and that the problems it faced were 'incredible'
While praising the deal, many countries decried the summit's failure to push mitigation further, and pointed out possible violations of the Glasgow Climate Pact