Huashan journal article: should we be worried about the rare monkeypox epidemic in Europe and America?

On the 21st, the wechat official account "Huashan infection" of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University published the rare monkeypox epidemic in Europe and America: should we worry article. The article points out that in China, although there has never been a report of confirmed cases of monkeypox, infectious diseases have no national boundaries, and the risk of monkeypox virus entering China will continue to exist. With the outbreak in Europe and the United States, the risk of imported cases in China will increase accordingly. Since China stopped vaccinating against smallpox (cowpox) in the early 1980s, people under the age of 40 are generally not immune to smallpox and monkeypox. While paying close attention to the international epidemic of monkeypox, we should make preparations in advance, carry out public science popularization and publicity of monkeypox, strengthen the monitoring of cases with similar symptoms, and develop diagnostic methods and reagents, so as to find imported cases in time, block transmission and prevent the epidemic of monkeypox in China. At the same time, we should start to reserve specific vaccines and antiviral drugs to avoid being in a passive situation after cases.