Why monkeypox is spreading, but not as fast as Covid-19: World | indiashastra

Why monkeypox is spreading, but not as fast as Covid-19: World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), its highest level of alarm.

- What does declaration as a PHEIC mean? A PHEC is declared for “an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response”.
- Can vaccines work against it? The monkeypox virus belongs to the same family of orthopoxviruses as smallpox, now eradicated. Orthopoxviruses are cross-reactive, meaning that existing smallpox vaccines and therapeutics can be used for monkeypox.
- Why is there a surge now? From animals to humans, the infection is known to get transmitted through direct contact with blood, bodily fluid, or lesions in the infected animals. Human-to-human transmission can happen either through large respiratory secretion or contact with lesions of the infected person or contaminated objects. The Covid pandemic might have impacted the immune system in a way that may have made people more susceptible to other infections.