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Vietnam ramps up surveillance amid monkeypox outbreak in 12 countries


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A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. Photo by the CDC/Handout via Reuters

 

The health ministry has asked localities to ramp up surveillance in border areas for possible cases of monkeypox, which has reportedly spread to at least 12 countries.

 

A representative of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health was quoted on the government news portal as saying monkeypox was usually zoonotic, but human-to-human transmission was possible through contact with wounds, bodily fluids and contaminated objects.

 

Cases have been reported this month in 12 countries in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S.

 

Full Story: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-ramps-up-surveillance-for-monkeypox-detection-4467606.html

 

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