China News Service, July 28. According to the official website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of the 27th local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States has reached 4,639, surpassing the 3,738 cases in Spain. The number of cases in the world in this monkeypox epidemic is the first among the countries in the world.
Color transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (orange) found in laboratory-grown infected cells (brown) in Maryland, U.S., July 26, 2022.
Image source: Visual China
In the United States, New York, California and Illinois have more confirmed cases, with 1,228 in New York and 799 in California.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also shows that a total of 20,638 cases have been diagnosed in 77 countries and regions around the world.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.
Monkeypox virus can be transmitted from animals to humans through close contact and through close contact with virus-contaminated materials such as bedding.
The typical clinical manifestations of monkeypox are fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes, and may lead to a series of complications.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on the 23rd local time that the current monkeypox epidemic has constituted a "public health emergency of international concern" (PHEIC).
This is the highest level of public health alert that WHO can currently issue.