MONKEYPOX VIRUS CAN SURVIVE FOR DAYS ON BLANKETS AND COFFEE MACHINES: CDC STUDY

Sat 20 August 2022:

The monkeypox virus, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), can linger on blankets, couches, coffee makers, computer mouse, and light switches for days.

The CDC study asserted that the monkeypox virus had been discovered on 70% of “high-contact areas” twenty days after a person exhibited symptoms, but it also noted that no live virus had been found, indicating a low risk of infection.

Cleaning and disinfection may have prevented contamination at home, according to the CDC. The WHO has already started a research to determine whether genetic changes are to responsible for the global rise in monkeypox cases.

The CDC had said earlier that monkeypox can spread from person to person contact and can also spread through respiratory secretions and face-to-face contact including intimate physical contact such as kissing, cuddling or sex. The current CDC advisory says monkeypox is “sexually transmissible”.

The virus has now spread to at least 92 countries with 35,000 cases being detected worldwide.

The WHO had identified two distinct variants as Clade I and Clade II. The health agency added that Clade II had two sub-clades, IIa and IIb.

The world health organization claims that the virus can be contained if a person avoids close, skin-to-skin contact with individuals who have a monkeypox-like rash as well as avoids touch with “objects and materials” that an individual who has monkeypox has used.

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