– Monkey poop is a global health crisis – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

The World Health Organization (WHO) now defines the monkeypox outbreak as a global health crisis. The number of cases of the disease has increased in several countries since the beginning of May. There have not previously been major outbreaks outside West and Central Africa, where the disease has long been endemic, writes NTB. On Saturday afternoon, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrevsus held a press conference on monkeypox. An expert group decided to classify the disease as a global health crisis. There was disagreement between the members of the group, according to Reuters. At the previous meeting on 23 June, it was not defined as a global health crisis. The WHO then pointed out that the epidemic is widely spread geographically, and that the picture of the disease is different from before. Doubled in Norway In Norway, talk has doubled in recent weeks. The first case in Norway was discovered on 31 May. There have been 46 confirmed cases in Norway in the current outbreak. – The epidemic is increasing, and especially in Europe, said infection control officer at FHI, Helena Niemi Eide, to news earlier this month. On Friday, the European Medicines Agency, EMA, recommended approving the use of smallpox vaccine to overcome monkeypox. The vaccine is already approved for use against monkeypox in the USA. Norway will probably get vaccines against monkeypox later this summer, says the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. FHI is in the process of finalizing the advice on how the doses should be used. But how many doses Norway will receive is still unknown. The vaccine must be given to people who have been exposed to the virus, in an attempt to stop the spread of infection. There is a worldwide shortage of the vaccine, and the EU countries have chosen to distribute the doses among themselves based on population. Mild symptoms Monkeypox usually causes mild symptoms in the form of fever and rash, and is rarely fatal. It is a virus that can make you painfully ill, with boils on your body. But it is not considered very dangerous. The WHO emphasizes that monkeypox is not a disease that the general population should worry about. And there is no need for mass vaccination or herd immunity campaigns.



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