Monkeypox in Bavaria: First case proven without a doubt - the most important information
Created: 05/21/2022, 07:23
By: Felix Herz
Monkeypox virus: first case in Germany © picture alliance/dpa/Russell Regner/CDC/AP |
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The first case of infection with the monkeypox virus in Germany was officially detected today, Friday.
The patient is being treated in Munich.
On Friday, May 20th, the first official case of infection with the monkeypox virus was reported in Germany.
The patient is currently being treated in isolation in a clinic in Munich.
Symptoms include fever, headache, and skin rashes.
Munich – So now there is also the first case in Germany: After several infections with the monkeypox virus had already been detected in various European countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Great Britain, an infected patient is now being treated in this country too.
The 26-year-old is in a Munich clinic in Schwabing and is being treated in isolation there.
virus name: | monkey pox |
First find: | 1958 in a laboratory in Denmark |
Transmission: | animal to human, human to human |
Common Symptoms: | Fever, headache, back and muscle pain, rash |
Monkeypox detected in Bavaria: the current situation
The 26-year-old patient is being treated in a Munich clinic in the Schwabing district.
The man is in isolation and has mild symptoms, reports the BR.
According to Clemens Wendtner, chief physician at Schwabing's infectiology department, he has slight dysphagia and an elevated temperature.
According to the Ministry of Health, the patient is a Brazilian who traveled through Germany from Portugal – after Düsseldorf and Frankfurt he had been in Munich for a week.
When he noticed the first symptoms, he immediately sought treatment - a PCR test then provided certainty.
The health department of the city of Munich is currently determining further contacts of the infected person.
They are informed about possible symptoms, hygiene measures and transmission routes, explains Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU).
The Bavarian health authorities are also informed.
A sequencing of the detected virus should show by the middle of next week whether it is the less dangerous variant from West Africa or the more serious one from the Congo.
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Monkeypox Virus: Transmission and Outlook
Monkeypox, so called because it was detected in a monkey when it was discovered, can be transmitted from animal to human (zoonoses) and from human to human.
According to the Tagesschau, transmission occurs via large droplets in the air.
In addition, the pustules that appear with the rashes are infectious.
Anyone who comes into contact with it can become infected.
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Experts do not consider the current situation with the monkeypox virus to be dangerous.
Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) assumes that the outbreak can be limited, according to the BR.
You don't have to panic, most of the courses of an infection are mild.
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