Australian authorities on high alert as deadly monkeypox spreads in UK and Europe

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Australian health authorities are keeping close watch after a rare and deadly strain of monkeypox was detected in the UK and Europe. 7NEWS

Australian health authorities are keeping close watch after a rare and deadly strain of monkeypox was detected in theBritish health authorities say they have identified four “rare and unusual” cases of the disease among men who appear to have been infected in London and had no history of travel to theIn a statement on Monday, the UK’s Health Security Agency said an investigation had begun into how the men became infected and whether they had any links to each other.

“The evidence suggests that there may be transmission of the monkeypox virus in the community, spread by close contact,” said Dr Susan Hopkins, the Chief Medical Adviser for the UK’s Health Security Agency.Meanwhile, Portuguese authorities say they have also identified five cases of the rare monkeypox infection and Spain’s health services are testing 23 potential cases after the United Kingdom put Europe on alert for the virus.

The disease does not typically spread easily between people, but British health officials say it’s possible if there has been extremely close contact with an infected person.

 

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If you are not g.a.y. it sounds like you will be ok.

thegmac5150 this is where I read the news baby

So convenient we get bombarded by pandemics in a very short span of time

The first probable Australian case of Monkeypox has been detected in Sydney. A man, aged in his 40s, became ill several days after arriving back from Europe. He and a household contact are now isolating at home. MonkeyPox 7NEWS

Millions of ‘awake’ are just waiting for the next plandemic. Just WHAT will be chosen to scare more humans out of their wits? 🙄

Brought to you by the largest human biological weapons lab of China. That's their job. To wake up ancient diseases and splicing and make it more deadly for world domination

Not the monkey hahaha

This doesn’t have anything to do with us signing the Pandemic “treaty” right?

First incubated in parliament is my guess.

Covid was just the warm up

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