‘OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX CAN BE STOPPED’: WHO OFFICIAL

Tue 27 July 2022:

A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that it is possible to stop the rapid spread of Monkeypox. However, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated a few days ago that the epidemic is at the highest level of alert for a global health emergency, and the world organization later declared monkeypox a global emergency.

“We do at this moment still believe that this outbreak of monkeypox can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups,” Rosmand Lewis, WHO technical lead on Monkeypox, told reporters, “but time is going out and we all need to pull together to make that happen,” Reuters reported.

The virus was first discovered in monkeys and is spread primarily through close contact with an infected person.
A public health emergency of international concern as defined by the WHO is intended to prompt a coordinated global response and may make money available for cooperation on the sharing of vaccinations and treatments.

The official further said, “WHO is still working towards determining a global coordination mechanism. At the moment, it’s something that’s still in discussion,” Reuters reported.

The viral illness has just recently started to spread outside of Africa, where it is endemic. But as of early May reports of a few cases in Britain indicated that the outbreak has reached Europe.

This year, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in over 75 countries. However, according to the technical lead, Lewis, the actual figure was most likely higher. There have been five fatalities and deaths, all of which occurred in Africa.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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