Pennsylvania recorded its first case of monkeypox –

Pennsylvania is the latest state to detect a case of monkeypox, health chiefs announced on Thursday.

After three more infections were reported yesterday, it brings the number in the United States to 19 in at least ten states.

Pennsylvania officials have yet to release any details about the new case, including gender, location, and whether it’s related to international travel.

But most infections in the United States have been found among gay and bisexual men who have recently returned from overseas.

It is the latest in a global epidemic, with more than 500 cases of tropical disease observed in two dozen countries outside of West Africa, where it originated.

World Health Organization leaders are asking people to limit their sexual contact to stop the transmission of the virus.

The pictures above are the first point symptoms caused by monkey pox. After the marks appear, they become hollow and turn black before eventually falling off.

The pictures above are the symptoms caused by monkeypox infection. Anyone with these warning signs please step forward

The Pennsylvania case emerged in a dashboard update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

It is not yet known whether monkeypox infection is suspected or not.

Most reported cases initially tested positive for orthopox viruses, the family that includes monkeypox and smallpox, before being referred to the CDC for confirmatory Pap smears.

Monkeypox is most commonly spread in patients through physical contact with infectious skin lesions.

Infected people develop a fever within the first 21 days, before a rash appears on their face and spreads to the rest of the body.

It can take up to four weeks for symptoms to disappear as the rash goes through several stages before finally disappearing.

Most cases are mild, but between one in 10 and one in 100 infected people die from the disease.

In the United States, New York has the most cases, followed by California and Florida, both of which have detected three infections.

Colorado and Utah have seen two, while Georgia, Massachusetts, Virginia, Washington, and Pennsylvania have discovered one.

There are signs of the virus spreading on US soil, after three cases were reported in “close contact” with the first patients.

However, the epidemic is much worse worldwide, especially in Europe.

Spain (208) reported the highest number of cases on the continent, followed by the United Kingdom (188) and Portugal (119).

WHO leaders suggest that the continent’s epidemic is linked to unprotected sex in two lauds in Spain and Belgium.

Cases currently mostly involve gay and bisexual men, but health officials warn that nothing has stopped the disease from spreading to other groups.

There are also growing calls to contain the outbreak, with experts saying that if the virus continues to spread, it could spread to the animal population and become a reservoir.

On Wednesday, Dr Hans Kluge, head of the WHO’s European branch, urged people to reduce the number of sexual partners to help contain the epidemic.

He also warned that tropical disease “may not be under control” in Europe, as there are still undetected transmission chains.