About three weeks after monkey pox was first discovered in Germany, the number of infections registered by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has risen to 113. “All cases in Germany reported to the RKI are male,” said a spokeswoman for the institute on Wednesday. The day before, the RKI had known 80 cases nationwide.
Much of the reported infections can be traced back to the German capital: By Tuesday evening, the Berlin health administration had affected 72 people, 13 of whom were treated in hospital.
According to previous data, Germany appears to be one of the European countries with a particularly high number of virus detections, alongside countries such as Great Britain, Spain and Portugal.
Transmission usually through close physical contact
Compared to smallpox, which has been eradicated since 1980, monkeypox is considered a less serious disease. According to the RKI, the pathogen is usually transmitted from person to person through close physical contact. Experts had warned of the spread of the virus, for example at upcoming festivals and parties.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe last week, investigations of past cases indicate that the outbreak in the WHO Europe region was already underway in mid-April. It is the largest and most geographically widespread outbreak of monkeypox ever reported outside the endemic areas of West and Central Africa.
Source: Krone
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