The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Austria has nearly doubled since last week, albeit at a still low level. 37 infections have now been confirmed, compared to 20 the week before. One of them is “still in close contact with the international authorities”, according to the Ministry of Health.
With regard to the procurement of vaccines, the ministry told the APA on Friday that “they are on a good common European path”. The first vaccine doses are expected to “come to Austria in the coming weeks”. There will “by no means” be a general vaccination of the population, but it should be available for individual groups of people.
The National Vaccination Panel advises who should be vaccinated and when.
16 active cases in Vienna
More than half of the cases have so far occurred in Vienna. The city’s health authorities have registered 21 monkeypox infections so far, of which 16 are currently active, according to Mario Dujakovic, spokesman for Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). Five patients have already recovered. Four cases are currently being treated at Klinik Favoriten, the Vienna specialist clinic for infectious diseases.
Victims who have not been vaccinated against smallpox
The 16 active cases are all males between the ages of 25 and 55. Symptoms range from isolated pustules to more widespread rashes. None of those affected have been vaccinated against smallpox, as far as the Viennese authorities have been able to find out. However, the hospital stay should be considered a “pure precaution”. “The course of the disease itself does not make hospitalization absolutely necessary,” says Dujakovic.
The city of Vienna again advised that people who are in close physical contact with people infected with monkeypox or suspected of having smallpox because of symptoms – especially skin lesions and pustules – should call 1450. There they should discuss the next steps in a medical consultation.
Source: Krone
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