AMMAN — Those who took the smallpox vaccine at a young
age continue to have immunity against the monkeypox now, member of the National
Committee for Epidemiology Najwa Khoury said, according to Jo24. Khoury added
that the
World Health Organization (WHO) decided to stop using the smallpox
vaccine because the virus was eradicated globally and the WHO declared a
certificate of eradication of smallpox in 1980.
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The
National Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Center announced Friday that it is
following closely the transmission of monkeypox among humans in European
countries, Canada, and Australia. According to the WHO website, the monkeypox
virus is transmitted to humans from various wild animals, but its spread at the
secondary level is limited to transmission from one person to another.
In a TV
interview, Khoury said that a vaccine was developed against monkeypox in the
countries where the disease had spread in
Africa, but its efficiency has not
yet been determined. She pointed out that monkeypox symptoms include fever,
muscle pain, lymph nodes swelling, and skin rashes (usually on the face and
hands). She indicated that people who travel a lot and those in contact with
animals are most vulnerable to the disease.
Meanwhile, the
National Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases Center will hold a meeting on
Sunday to discuss a response to monkeypox and the developing epidemiological
situation at the local and international levels.
Raeda Al-Qutob,
head of the center, said in a press statement that the meeting with Health
Ministry officials, including the epidemiology management and laboratories
departments, will tackle a plan for prevention and raising awareness among health
personnel and the public about the disease, transmission and precautionary
measures.
The meeting will
determine the response, agree on a practical definition of the case and
determine the mechanism to investigate and report early detection and the availability
of laboratory materials for diagnosis, she pointed out.
The meeting aims
at coordinating national health efforts at an early stage and decide the roles
assigned to each entity to follow up on implementation, she said.
On Saturday, the
Ministry of Health confirmed that there are no cases or suspected cases of
monkeypox in Jordan. This came after a circular was sent to the epidemiological
investigation teams in all hospitals and health centers to follow up on any
suspected case of
monkeypox.
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