![]() ![]() ![]() The vaccine’s efficacy is consistently cited by bodies such as the WHO as 85%, in other words preventing 17 out of every 20 infections. More news from Western and Central Europe ![]() The vast majority of cases have been in men – only 0.4% or 21 cases out of all 6892 reported up to 5 July was female, and two of those were in the four cases seen in children under 18. Of these, 16% were admitted purely for isolation and observation but 53% (5.5% of all cases) were admitted due to clinical symptoms such as acute throat and rectal pain, difficulty swallowing and bacterial infections of lesions. Out of a sample of 1788 patients, 183 (10.2%) were hospitalised. ( France and Italy have seen particularly big increases in COVID cases in the last month). However currently over 10% are being hospitalised, putting further strains on systems already coping with the summer heatwave and an upsurge in COVID. Life-threatening illness also seems rare: among a sample of 841 patients, only three (0.4%) were admitted to intensive care units. not ongoing) cases so far, there have been no deaths. Perhaps most importantly: out of 3506 resolved (i.e. The following figures use different samples of cases and none are of all cases, but give a guide to the frequency of different characteristics and outcomes. Who’s getting monkeypoxĪnalyses of cases are being reported to TESSy, the European Surveillance System database, which covers the whole World Health Organization (WHO) Europe region. The next highest number of cases belongs to France, with just under 1000. Spain remains the country with the highest number of cases both absolutely and per head, with 3125 now confirmed, the UK with 2137, and Germany 2033. As of today, 20 July, the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox globally, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is 14,268, with a large increase in the US to 2107 cases. ![]()
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