The United State’s Surgeon General is saying the new outbreak of the monkeypox virus is something we need to be aware of, but not necessarily to worry about.
Dr. Vivtek Murthy, the US Surgeon General, said we should be on the lookout for more cases, but as of now there’s only one in the country and it’s in Massachusetts.There is a cluster however in nearby Canada and quite a few in European countries such as Spain.
Fluid from those lesions and prolonged close contact are the two ways monkeypox spreads. But this time there’s another issue that doctors are investigating.In the dozens or so cases in Europe, none of them appear to be connected to a trip to Africa, where the virus is known to originate, but rather through sexual contact.
“That’s not a normal previously-described method of transmission of this particular virus, but it does make sense because it requires, you know, kind of close face-to-face contact,” she said.