Cecilia Muller, the chief national medical officer, said earlier that monkeypox is only transmitted from person to person through close contact, however, in very rare cases, the infection can also be caught with objects, such as towels or bed linen.
The American Center for Epidemiology and Disease Prevention (CDC) now warns that viruses similar to monkeypox can live on clothing, bed linen, and towels, so it is very important to treat soiled clothing, especially if there is a monkeypox patient in the home, writes the and extends.
According to the CDC, monkeypox can wear clothing when it comes into contact with the rashes or body fluids of an infected person.
Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, said the reason monkeypox has survived so long on materials like cotton is that they are more porous and breathable than plastic or metal surfaces.
The doctor advises: If the patient with monkeypox is feeling well, wash, otherwise it is recommended to wear gloves, wear a cloak and a mask when washing clothes of a person with monkeypox.
Then he added that these clothes should be washed at a higher temperature.
According to him, compared to spreading through close physical contact, the virus sticking to clothes still poses a small risk. He also drew attention to washing hands with warm water and soap or using hand sanitizer after contact with a monkeypox patient.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on July 23 A global health emergency ordered by monkey pox Because the National Center for Public Health has recorded 42 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Hungary so far.
The disease begins with general symptoms – fever, chills, muscle aches, backache, headache, fatigue – and swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that appears 1-3 days after these symptoms.
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