United States: In this regard, the LA County Department of Public Health noted that there is worrisome uptick as there are ten new cases of mpox within the past two weeks much more than the previous conv least two cases per week.
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Public health advisors are encouraging people in the identified at-risk demographics to protect themselves.
Early stages show flu-like symptoms, but when the next symptom occurs, that is, a new unexplained skin lesions/ rash, most individuals begin to think it can be mpox, which used to be known as monkeypox. Now it was the health officials who were witnessing it.
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According to Dr. Sonali Kulkarni, director of the HIV and STD programs at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, “We had four cases about two weeks ago, and then six cases last week,” and “And so to us, that’s a sign that we are entering the summer season where people are more social and sexually active.”
The county usually records an average of approximately one or two cases per week. Mpox mainly occurs through contact with infected fluids, sores, sharing beds or objects contaminated with the virus, infection from infectious respiratory droplets through kissing, coughing or sneezing or just by touching.
Kulkarni added, “Potentially wearing more clothing like at dance clubs and parties, just cause it can spread even just from really close physical contact. And some folks have early mpox and they don’t know it. And so they’re not willingly spreading it, but they, unwillingly or unknowingly are spreading it,” as abc7.com reported.
The Department of Public Health has recently noted some new occurrences of the disease therefore anyone who develops with the sores that look like pimples or blisters, fever, chills, headache, muscle aches or swelling of any lymph node should ensure that he or she is tested for the disease.
Kulkarni added that the mpox virus does not change its strands as fast as the flu or COVID, and therefore, the two-vaccine dose shots are still sufficient. Such groups include men who have sex with other men.
She said, “Folks of any gender or sexual orientation who engage in commercial or transactional sex work,” as abc7.com reported.