Two other health workers may have had similar exposure after treating the UK's second monkeypox patient.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said today that six suspected monkeypox cases are associated with one of the recent monkeypox illnesses in England, in a report that noted two new confirmed cases in the same Nigerian state as the suspected cases.
Some health workers were not wearing adequate personal protective equipment, the report says.
As the number of Ebola cases and deaths held steady in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the last 2 days, the number of people vaccinated passed the 10,000 mark.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said today it is helping UK officials respond to their two recent monkeypox cases, which involve travelers from Nigeria, a country that has now reported 262 suspected cases.
In an unusual development, the United Kingdom today reported a second monkeypox case just 3 days after announcing its first case, but so far the investigation doesn't show a link between the two patients, Public Health England (PHE) said today in a statement.
The patient is a Nigeria resident who likely contracted the infection there before traveling to the United Kingdom.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved TPOXX (tecovirimat), made by SIGA Technologies, as the first drug with an indication for treating smallpox, a disease that has been eradicated but could still be used as a bioweapon.
Ten more illnesses have been reported in a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to precut melon, pushing the total to 70, and two more states have reported cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update.
US flu levels fell sharply again last week with the approach of summer, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded three more pediatric flu deaths, according to the latest weekly update posted today.
Flu was reported as widespread in only two states: Massachusetts and New York.