Bungwe la General Administration of Customs ku China (GAC) lalengeza kuti akuluakulu aku China ayamba kufufuza anthu ndi katundu omwe akulowa m'dzikolo kuti apeze mpox, yomwe poyamba inkadziwika kuti nyani. Malinga ndi GAC, malamulo atsopanowa akhala akugwira ntchito kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Anthu omwe alowa ku China kuchokera "m'maiko ndi zigawo zomwe zatsimikizika kuti ali ndi matendawa akuyenera kudziwitsa miyambo yaumoyo wawo akafika ngati awonetsa zizindikiro," monga kutentha thupi, mutu, zidzolo, ndi zina, monga zanenedwa ndi GAC. Mawuwo adawonjezeranso kuti "oyang'anira zamakasitomala azitsatira ndondomeko zachipatala ndikuchita sampuli ndi kuyesa monga momwe zakhazikitsidwa."
Komanso, magalimoto onse, makontena, ndi katundu wochokera kumadera omwe adadziwika kuti ali ndi vuto la mpox ayenera kuyeretsedwa.
GAC idalengeza masiku awiri okha kutsata gulu la World Health Organisation (WHO) la kukwera kwaposachedwa kwa matenda ku Africa ngati vuto. Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), pamodzi ndi kuyitanidwa kwa ntchito yopereka katemera.
Lachitatu, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General wa World Health Organization, adalimbikitsa "kugwirizana kwa mayiko" kuti aletse kufalikira kwa matendawa ndikuteteza miyoyo padziko lonse lapansi. Pempholi lidabwera chifukwa cha mliri wa virus ku Democratic Republic of the Congo womwe wafalikira kumayiko oyandikana nawo koyambirira kwa mwezi uno.
Mu 2023, National Health Commission yaku China idayika mpox ngati matenda opatsirana a Gulu B, ndikuyiyika pambali ya COVID-19, AIDS, ndi SARS. Kugawika kumeneku kunalola olamulira adziko kuti agwiritse ntchito njira zadzidzidzi, zomwe zimaphatikizapo kuchepetsa misonkhano, kuyimitsa ntchito ndi maphunziro, ndikupatula madera ena pakabuka.
Mpox poyamba adadziwika ngati matenda osiyana mu 1958 mu anyani a labotale omwe ali ku Denmark. Milandu yoyambirira yotsimikizika idapezeka mu 1970 ku Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), komanso ku Liberia ndi Sierra Leone. Kachilomboka kameneka kamakhalapo pakati pa Africa, makamaka ku DRC.
Kutsatira kuyambika kwake kumapeto kwa 2022, bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO) lidalengeza za ngozi yapagulu ndipo idasinthanso matendawa kukhala mpox kuti athetse "chilankhulidwe chosankhana mitundu komanso kusalana."
Mpox imafalikira kudzera mwa kukhudzana kwambiri ndipo kungayambitse zizindikiro zofanana ndi za chimfine, kuphatikizapo zidzolo zomwe zimasanduka matuza asanayambe kutukuta, komanso kutupa kwa ma lymph nodes. Bungwe Loona za Umoyo Padziko Lonse limasonyeza kuti matendawa nthawi zambiri amakhala ochepa, ndipo imfa zimachitika mwapadera.
