According to the Worldometer real-time statistics, as of around 6:30 on June 2, 2022, Beijing time, there were 533,269,508 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world, and 770,468 new confirmed cases in a single day in the world. Among them, the United States, Germany, Brazil and other countries ranked among the five countries with the largest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day.
Before the new crown is over, various epidemics around the world have begun to break out.
Monkeypox spreads further
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in 30 non-monkeypox-endemic countries and regions around the world.
Symptoms usually resolve on their own after contracting monkeypox, but in some cases it can lead to severe illness, Tedros said. WHO urges affected countries to expand surveillance, with more cases of monkeypox expected to be detected in the future.
In the latest news, the Korean Agency for Disease Control has decided to designate monkeypox as a Class B notifiable infectious disease, which is on the same level as the new coronavirus. After the medical staff discovers the infected person of the related virus, they must report it to the epidemic prevention department within 24 hours, and take isolation measures according to the risk of transmission.
According to the UK Health Security Agency, between May 6 and 31, there were 196 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK, 188 of which were in England, with the vast majority (86%) in London. Human-to-human transmission of monkeypox virus has been confirmed for the first time in England, according to a report by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Meanwhile, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kruger warned that Europe is currently the epicenter of the largest and most widespread monkeypox outbreak outside Africa, and since many of the current cases are linked to large-scale gatherings, the outbreak may continue to spread around the world. Further expansion during summer festivals.
According to Food Safety News Network, recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, state and local partners are investigating the United States and Canada Multistate Hepatitis A Outbreak.
Hepatitis A outbreak in the United States
The Hepatitis A outbreak has recently occurred in many states in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, hereinafter referred to as the "Food and Drug Administration") is investigating two brands of organic strawberries sold by many retailers across the United States, arguing that they may be related to the related to this epidemic.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, a total of 17 hepatitis A cases were reported in this outbreak, including 15 in California, 1 in Minnesota, and 1 in North Dakota, of which 12 required hospitalization; Canada reported 10 cases of infection, of which 4 people are hospitalized.
Epidemiological and retrospective data suggest that fresh organic strawberries of the FreshKampo and HEB brands purchased between March 5, 2022 and April 25, 2022 may be the source of the outbreak.
The two brands of strawberries are sold at Aldi, HEB, Kroger, Safeway, Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joe's, Walmart, Weis Markets and WinCo Foods, the FDA said.
The FDA recommends that consumers who purchased both brands of strawberries between March 5 and April 25 and refrigerated them for consumption immediately throw them away. "
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Director of Health, Noor Hisham, posted on May 31 that as of May 28 this year, the country had a total of 65,535 confirmed cases of hand, foot and mouth, of which 91% (59,831) were children under the age of 6.
He said that the cumulative number of hand, foot and mouth cases as of the 21st epidemic week of this year was 27 times that of the same period last year, and 1.2 times higher than the same period in 2019. Malaysia's health director Noor Hisham said in a previous statement that the country's 20th epidemiological week this year has increased by 20 times compared to the 2,237 cases in the same period last year.
Noor Hisham said that according to medical surveillance in Malaysia, the three main viruses causing HFMD transmission this year are Coxsackievirus A16 (Cox A16), Coxsackievirus A6 (Cox A6) and enterovirus 71 (EV 71).
In other respects, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Kuala Lumpur and the neighboring city of Putrajaya exceeded 6,000 this year, a year-on-year increase of 1,400%.
Noaisha, director of health in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, said that the outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in these two cities started in mid-March this year, and the spread was fast.
Iran's "Congo fever"
Iraq in the Middle East is also deeply mired in the epidemic. It is reported that Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (hereinafter referred to as "Congo fever"), which is transmitted by ticks, caused an epidemic in Iraq, and the number of newly confirmed cases this year has exceeded the total number in the 43 years since the outbreak of the infectious disease in Iraq in 1979.
The World Health Organization reports that 111 people have been infected with Congo fever in Iraq this year, and 19 of them have died. Hantoush, a health official in Iraq's Ziqar province, said the number of cases this time far exceeded the historical record and was the highest in 43 years.
At present, the health departments in many places in Iraq have taken corresponding prevention and control measures to prevent the further spread of the "Congo fever" epidemic by killing livestock houses on a large scale. With most cases among farmers, slaughterhouse workers and veterinarians, the Iraqi government is advising people to buy meat from hygienic stores as much as possible.
Ahmed Zoeten, the WHO representative in Iraq, believes that the outbreak of haemorrhagic fever is partly due to global warming, which has prolonged the breeding season of ticks.
In addition, due to the continuation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many livestock houses have not been disinfected and sterilized in time, which has also led to the rampant of ticks. He also mentioned that the fatality rate of the "Congo fever" outbreak in Iraq is decreasing.
