The First Case Of Monkeypox Variant Of Klade I Was Recorded In California, USA

Illustration ofpoxpox or mpox. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The first case of variance I monkeypox was recorded in the State of California, United States, according to the local public health department (CDPH), Saturday (16/11).

"CDPH reported the first case of klade I monkeypox in the United States to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Patients are self-isolating at home and the risk to the community is still very low," according to a CDPH statement.

"Klade I is different from klade II, namely monkeypox which has been circulating in California and the US since 2022," said the CDPH.

He explained that the case was diagnosed with someone who had just arrived from East Africa. Shortly after returning to the US, the person was treated at a local health facility and sent home.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the monkeypox outbreak in Africa a state of public health emergency of international concern.

The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared a state of public health emergency due to the continent's monkeypox outbreak on August 13.

CDCAfrika called on the international community to help collect about two million doses of the vaccine.

Monkeypox is a rare virus disease that can be harmful to people with a weak immune system.

The infection was accompanied by symptoms of fever, swelling of the lymph nodes and a spreading rash. The foam was originally a speckle that then limped and became limp and eventually dried up and peeled.

This condition lasted for 14-21 days and will usually improve by itself.