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After China reported its first case, a senior Chinese health official advised that foreigners should be avoided. Monkeypox DiseaseThe mainland.
Writing on his official Weibo page, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the CDC, recommended that people not have “direct skin-to-skin contact with foreigners … to prevent possible monkeypox infection and as part of our A healthy lifestyle.”
This illustration, taken May 23, 2022, shows test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus negative and positive”.
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He advised that people who have traveled within the last three weeks should not be touched.
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The post raised a few eyebrows, with some questioning why foreigners in China – many of whom have not left the country because of strict COVID-19 barriers – would be more dangerous than native Chinese.
China reported Friday its first case of monkeypox. According to the CDC, a 29-year old Chinese national arrived in Chongqing on Wednesday after returning from Spain.
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In July, the World Health Organization declared the international monkeypox epidemic a public health emergency. According to the WHO, worldwide cases have dropped by more than 25% in recent weeks. This includes 55% in Europe.
This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
