Kuwait city: Monkeypox is increasing day by day everywhere, but the Ministry of Health of Kuwait says no cases of monkeypox have been witnessed in the country and added various sectors of the Ministry are closely following the developments of the disease at the world level and taking necessary precautions to prevent the disease from entering in the country. 

This statement came after more than 100 cases of monkeypox found in Europe, “mostly among homosexuals,” as per the European officials. 

According to health sources in Kuwait, vaccination against smallpox is among the essential vaccinations in the country, stating that “scientific reports confirm that it is 85 percent effective in preventing monkeypox.” 

There are some sources some specialists claim that the monkeypox is different from the Coronavirus because its symptoms are very much visible that is making it easier to trace contact with the infected people and easy to isolate those who are infected. 

The current smallpox vaccine can help save it if necessary. 

Therefore no scientists expect the infection to develop into a pandemic like (Covid 19) because the disease does not spread as quickly as (SARSCove- 2), and they ban this possibility completely.” For his part, Dr Martin Hirsch of Massachusetts General Hospital stated, “Covid circulates through the respiratory system and is highly contagious. This does not seem to be the case with monkeypox.”

Monkeypox is a rare disease that mainly occurs in remote areas of central and western Africa near tropical forests characterized by rain. Still, several countries in the world announced infections with the disease, as its symptoms are fever, muscle pain, enlarged lymph glands, and rashes on the hands and face.

The list of countries that have reported disease cases so far includes Canada, the United States of America, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Belgium and Israel. The World Health Organization had announced yesterday that it was working closely with some European countries that had reported cases of the disease.