California and Illinois declare state of emergency over monkeypox

To support CA’s monkeypox vaccine efforts, we have declared a state of emergency. Were working to ensure those most at-risk are the focus for vaccination & treatment. We’ll continue to work with @WhiteHouse & stand with LGBTQ communities fighting stigmas.https://t.co/XtyE21 QOou

—Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) August 2, 2022

It is a different virus from smallpox and it is being transmitted outside its usual endemic area (Central and Western Africa), so it is necessary to exercise strict epidemiological control over it.

It is considered that a person is contagious from the beginning of the enanthema -lesions in the oral mucosa- until the lesions heal and a new layer of skin is formed.

For this reason, infected people they should remain isolated until all skin lesions have healed, especially avoiding close contact with immunosuppressed people.

The incubation period can range between 5 and 21 days, and the clinical picture usually begins with a combination of symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle aches, characteristic skin lesions and swollen glands.

Regarding its severity, epidemiologists point out that the cases of the current outbreak are milder than those described in West Africa, and that they are hardly generating hospital admissions. However, remember, lesions on the skin and mucous membranes are very annoying.

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