Like Corona, now monkeypox has also started scaring people. World Health Organization i.e. WHO has declared a global health emergency regarding this , But a few hours later it was discovered that the disease had spread outside Africa. Its first patient has been found in Sweden. So far, this disease has been reported from African countries More than 100 people have lost their lives . Its first case has been reported in Pakistan too. There is an atmosphere of panic all over the world due to this dangerous disease. So let’s find out where the first case of this disease was reported?
64years ago the first case was reported
World Health Organization According to (WHO) , First case of monkeypox in humansIt was released in 1970. At that time a Congolese This infection was found in a 9-month-old child . Its puzzle It was resolved in 1970, When a human was found infected for the first time. Then a 9 month old baby had rashes on his body . This case was also surprising because Smallpox was completely eradicated here in 1968. After this, when the child was examined, monkeypox was confirmed in him. . after 11 African countries have reported cases of humans being infected with monkeypox. Monkeypox infection has spread in the world from Africa.
After the first human case of monkeypox infection was reported, monkeys and squirrels were tested in several African countries and antibodies against monkeypox were found in them."s1">. From this, scientists speculated that the origin source of monkeypox is Africa. This virus must have spread from Africa to Asian monkeys. After this, apart from Congo, many cases of monkeypox virus in humans started coming up in many African countries including Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, South Sudan.
Concern in India too
The first case of monkeypox has been reported in the neighboring country Pakistan. Now due to this, alert has been increased in India as well, because if a person suffering from monkeypox comes here from the neighboring country, then its patients can also be found in India.