Mpox outbreak raises alarm, is it deadly like Corona, will there be a Covid-like lockdown?
virus is slowly increasing its count across the world, and has already reached where it should not be, crucial parts of South Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, which is one of the most densely populated regions in the entire world, with cases already having been reported in Pakistan and India, with the origins of the same coming in from the Middle Eastern regions.
Mpox spreading to South Asia
The major influx of Mpox in South Asian regions could mean that a vast amount of the population could come into contact with this virus, who do not have adequate medical services and facilities in place to combat such a situation, just like the initial years of the Covid outbreak.
This could mean an imminent danger for the United States and other Western nations, in the case of people from South Asian travelers traveling to US, UK, and others, affected with the virus.
Is Mpox deadly like Corona?
Mpox is also like a viral infection with Covid-like symptoms like coughing, flu-like symptoms to name a few. It has some fundamental differences from Corona, including the fact that Mpox affects facial and outer features of a person, including lesions filled with pus.
Meanwhile, the WHO has declared Mpox as a global health emergency and asked medical fraternity across the to be on their alert mode when it comes to detecting symptoms of monkeypox in patients. However, Reuters reports that WHO has also claimed that this particular virus is 'not the new Covid' and there is no reason to panic unnecessarily. WHO is of the opinion that the
