Last year’s monkeypox outbreak is no longer considered an international public health emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this on Thursday. This has no direct consequences because governments themselves decide on protective measures. Because the number of reported cases worldwide has fallen sharply, the state of emergency imposed in July 2022 has now been lifted.
According to AGES (Agency for Health and Food Safety), Austria has recorded 328 cases of the notifiable disease since May 23, 2022 (as of April 28, 2023). An Mpox infection reported on April 7 was the first in 2023.
Three vaccines significantly reduce contamination
There are three vaccines that significantly reduce the risk of infection. Limited numbers of Imvanex and the US vaccine Jynneos with FDA approval against Mpox are available in Austria, according to AGES.
Mpox infection spreads among humans through close physical contact. It usually brings fever, headache and muscle pain and rash with pimples. The virus probably originally came from small mammals such as the sun or squirrels or giant hamster rats.
Mpox is related to the classic humanpox virus, which has been eradicated since the 1980s and has been raging for centuries.
Source: Krone
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