2022 Monkeypox Outbreak

What You Need to Know

Monkeypox
Situation Worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO)
has declared the global monkeypox
outbreak a public health emergency of
international concern. As of July 28,
monkeypox has been detected in at
least 78 countries, and reported cases
are currently on the rise in the United
States, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
•Monkeypox is a rare disease

•Monkeypox virus is part of the same

family of viruses as variola virus, the
virus that causes smallpox

•Monkeypox symptoms are similar to

smallpox symptoms, but milder, and
monkeypox is rarely fatal
 •Fever, Headache, Muscle aches and backache,
Swollen lymph nodes, Chills, Exhaustion

What are the •Respiratory symptoms (e.g. sore throat, nasal

congestion, or cough)
Symptoms of •A rash that may be located on face, mouth, arms,
Monkeypox legs, hands, feet, genital and perianal area

•The rash can look like pimples or blisters and may be

painful or itchy
How it Spreads
Human to Human
•by respiratory secretions during
prolonged, face-to-face contact, or
during intimate physical contact, such
as kissing, cuddling, or sex.
•direct contact with the infectious rash,
scabs, or body fluids.
• touching items (such as clothing or
linens) that previously touched the
infectious rash or body fluids

Animal
•scratched or bitten by the animal
•by eating meat or using products
from an infected animal
 Prevention Method

1 2 3 4 5

Avoid close, Avoid Avoid Wash your Avoid

skin-to-skin contact with touching hands often preparing or
contact with objects and bedding, with soap eating "bush
people who materials towels, or and water or meat" (wild
have a rash that a person clothing of a use an game).
that looks with person with alcohol-
like monkeypox monkeypox based hand
monkeypox. has used. by wearing sanitizer
Maintain disposable
minimum plastic gloves
1M social and surgical
distance masks
Vaccine & Treatment
There are no treatments specifically for
monkeypox virus infections. However,
monkeypox and smallpox viruses are
genetically similar, which means that antiviral
drugs and vaccines developed to protect
against smallpox may be used to prevent and
treat monkeypox virus infections.

A vaccine was recently approved for preventing

monkeypox. Many years of research have led
to development of newer and safer vaccines
for an eradicated disease called smallpox,
which may also be useful for monkeypox.
Is there a risk of this becoming a
larger outbreak?

Monkeypox is not as contagious as some other

infections because it requires close contact with
someone who has monkeypox, with a contaminated
environment or with an infected animal to spread.
It is not a new disease but until recently, we have not
seen an outbreak in these the numbers.
The significant increased number of cases, and that it is
being found in countries that normally don’t have it, is
the concern.
It is essential for everyone to work together now to stop
the spread by knowing the risk and taking action to
lower it.