More than 100 cases of confirmed or suspected monkeypox have been reported in 12 countries, including the United States.

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More cases of rare illnesses have been reported around the world, including the United States – one health official said he expected more cases in the future.

As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspicious cases Monkeypox Under investigation in 12 countries World Health Organization Said in a news release.

Confirmed cases have been confirmed in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Said.

“The situation is evolving and WHO expects more cases of monkeypox as surveillance expands in non-epidemic countries,” the news release said.

Dr. Ashish Jha, coordinator of WhiteHouseCovid-19, told ABC that the United States would not be surprised to see “a few more” cases of monkeypox in the coming days.

“But this is the virus we understand, there is a vaccine, there is a cure, and it feels like it’s spreading very differently from SARS-CoV-2.”-Covid-19 The virus that causes Jha told ABC’s Marsalats on Sunday.

“It’s not as contagious as Covid, so I’m sure we can keep our arms around it,” Jha said. “But we use the tools we need to track it very closely, prevent further spread, and be able to continue to take care of infected people.”

Health experts say that spreading the monkeypox virus requires close contact with the infected.

According to Neil Mabbott, a personal chair in immunopathology at the Veterinary School of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, the infection is “contact with skin damage, mucous membranes, respiratory droplets, infected body fluids, and even contaminated linen. It can develop after being exposed to.

Experts say monkeypox isn’t as contagious as Covid-19, but President Joe Biden says everyone about the spread of monkeypox, even if scientists are working to learn more about the recent spread. I said I should be worried.

“They haven’t told us the level of exposure yet, but that’s something everyone should worry about,” Biden told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when he left South Korea on Sunday.

“We are working hard to understand what we are doing and, if any, which vaccines are available for it,” Biden said. “If it spreads, I’m concerned that it will result. That’s all they told me.”

The CNN previously evaluated whether the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should provide smallpox vaccines to health care workers who treat monkeypox patients and other people who may be “at high risk” for exposure to monkeypox. I reported that I was doing it.

Smallpox and monkey viruses, which cause smallpox, are somewhat related because they are both members of the orthopoxvirus genus, which belongs to the scientific family of “pox” viruses. Therefore, some of the same vaccines given to prevent smallpox have also been shown to prevent monkeypox.

Symptoms of early monkeypox are usually like the flu, such as fever, chills, malaise, headaches, and weakness.

“The distinguishing feature between monkeypox and smallpox infections is the development of lymph node swelling,” said the CDC.

After that, a widespread rash usually appears on the face and body. In the mouth, on the palms and soles of the feet..

Painful raised pox is pearly, filled with liquid and often surrounded by a red circle. According to the CDC, the lesion eventually becomes a scab and resolves in a few weeks.

Historically, monkeypox cases have usually been reported from West Africa or Central Africa, he said. Jennifer McKisttonDeputy Director of the Department of High-Results Pathogens and Pathology within the CDC’s National Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Zoonotic Diseases.

“This is a very unusual situation, so we have some scientific concerns about what we’re seeing,” McKistton told CNN on Thursday.

“We don’t see it in the US or Europe. The number of cases reported is clearly above the normal level of what we see,” McKistton said.

The UK’s chief health official told the BBC on Sunday that people need to be aware of monkeypox, but the risk to the general population “remains very low at this point.”

“I think people need to pay attention to it,” said Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor of the UK Health and Security Agency.

“We really want clinicians to pay attention to it and send tests if they have any concerns.”

Based on reports from Africa, Hopkins said UKHSA knows that certain people “have a much higher risk of serious illness, especially in immunosuppressed individuals and infants.”

“There is no direct vaccine for monkeypox,” Hopkins said. “We are using a form of smallpox vaccine or third generation smallpox vaccine that is safe for the individual who is the contact person of the case.”