An ambulance on a New York street. File photoWASHINGTON, May 23. U.S. medical authorities have one confirmed and four suspected cases of human infection with the monkeypox virus in the United States, the CDC said. York with positive tests for orthopoxviruses, which include monkeypox, which is spreading around the world. The only confirmed case was previously identified in the state of Massachusetts. The CDC speaks of a low level of danger to the public, although US President Joe Biden called monkeypox a «cause for concern.» The World Health Organization on the eve reported 92 cases of the disease worldwide, deaths not so far. The symptoms of monkeypox resolve within a few weeks, but can sometimes lead to medical complications and even death. Human cases have been identified in a number of non-typical Western countries, including the UK, Sweden, Italy, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain.
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