Hunger Games star Alexander Ludwig reveals his wife Lauren has suffered a third miscarriage. No deaths from monkeypox have been reported as part of this recent outbreak across the western world.Įlvis star Austin Butler transforms into the King of Rock and Roll for glitzy Vogue editorial alongside co-star Olivia DeJongeĮMILY PRESCOTT: Yummy mummy outrage at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's £24k-a-year school over bodyguards blocking pavementsĬhris Pine cuts an athletic figure in a hoodie and leggings as he heads to acting studio in Los Angeles The current strain that has escaped into Europe and North America is the less-deadly West African strain that kills around one percent of infected persons. Monkeypox is a rare virus typically only found in West and Central Africa. The virus is primarily spread via touch with infected lesions, making it tougher for it to spread than other infectious disease like COVID-19. Globally, more than 300 cases have been detected across more than a two dozen countries. Officials have not reported any confirmed cases of human-to-human transmission of the virus in the U.S.Įxperts in Europe - where most cases are being detected - say the outbreak there may have been sparked by unsafe sex at two mass gatherings in Spain and Belgium. The vast majority of infections are in gay and bisexual men, and most are thought to be linked to international travel. On Thursday, the CDC confirmed nine positive cases of the virus, with the most recent being a woman in Northern Virginia who has recently traveled to an African country where the virus is common. monkeypox tally to reaches ten, with nine cases having been confirmed by the CDC on Thursday.Ĭolorado recorded the most recent suspected case in a 'young', gay or bisexual, man who had recently traveled to Canada.
Rollout of the vaccines to the high risk groups is expected to begin soon.
On Monday, the CDC reported that the country had planned to distribute the shots to the most high-risk group. The country also has 100 million doses of ACAM2000, another pox vaccine, in its stockpile, though that jab has been replaced by JYNNEOS because of its increased risk of negative side-effects.