(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Germany recorded its first case of monkeypox in a child,
Trend reports
citing Reuters .
The 4-year-old infected girl lives in a household with two
infected adults, according to the RKI report. The first infections
with monkeypox among adolescents aged 15 and 17 were recorded last
week.
The cases are linked to an outbreak earlier this year in May
that struck many countries worldwide, particularly in Europe.
Around two and a half months after the first case of monkeypox was
detected in Germany, a total of 2,982 cases have been reported to
the RKI.
In this outbreak, 'current evidence suggests that transmission
occurs primarily in the context of sexual activity, currently,
particularly among men who have sexual contact with other men,' the
RKI said. 'As far as is known, most of those affected do not become
seriously ill.'
The risk to the health of the general population in Germany was
considered to be low, according to the RKI. However, the institute
continued to 'monitor the situation very closely and is adapting
its assessment to the current state of knowledge.'
'To prevent the spread of monkeypox virus and contain the
outbreak, it is important at the beginning of the vaccination
campaign to distribute the available quantities of vaccine with the
best possible benefit,' the country's Standing Committee on
Vaccination (STIKO) said recently.
The available doses were not sufficient, according to STIKO.
Only around 40,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine were currently in
stock. The German government has ordered an additional 200,000
doses to be delivered in the third quarter.
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