First Monkeypox Case Reported In Georgia
By Khatia Bzhalava
Thursday, May 16, 2022
Georgia has reported the first monkeypox case, National Centre for Disease Control has said. According to the NCDC, the patient's condition was mild, she/he had already undergone a course of treatment and was discharged home.
The official statement also says that the patient had a history of travel to Europe, adding that their contacts had also been monitored with no clinical signs detected in any of the cases. The NCDC noted that it would continue to investigate suspicious cases if necessary.
According to the World Health Organization, Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that is transmitted to humans from animals. It can also spread between people through close contact. Symptoms of monkeypox typically include skin rash or lesions, fever, intense headache, muscle aches, back pain, low energy, and swollen lymph nodes.
As the WHO notes, people with monkeypox are infectious while they have symptoms. Anyone can catch monkeypox through close physical contact with someone who has symptoms.
As of June 15, the Monkeypox virus has been reported in more than 30 countries where monkeypox is not endemic. The confirmed cases have approached 1,900, most of them reported in Europe. The virus mostly occurs in the west and central Africa and only very occasionally spreads elsewhere.
