Fri 08 July 2022:
The first report on the spread of monkeypox was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. According to the report, people affected by the outbreak fit a usual profile. According to statistics, practically all patients with monkeypox are men. The affected people are 37 years old on average. Three-fifths of individuals infected, according to the WHO, identify as men who have sex with men.
Since early May, there has been an increase in monkeypox cases outside of the West and Central African nations where the illness has long been endemic.
From January 1 to July 4, 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox and three deaths have been reported to the WHO from 59 countries.
Since June 27, case numbers have gone up by 77 per cent. During this time period two new deaths have been recorded. Both have taken place in Central African Republic
The WHO said 10 countries have not reported new cases for more than 21 days — the disease’s maximum incubation period.
Some 82 percent of the cases are in Europe and 15 percent are in the Americas.
The countries with more than 1,000 confirmed cases are Britain (1,351), Spain (1,256) and Germany (1,242), according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and WHO Europe.
Outside Europe, the WHO report counted 460 confirmed cases in the United States and 300 in Canada.
Sexual contact transmission route
In its first bi-weekly situation report on monkeypox, the WHO said that gender data was available on 4,406 cases, of which 99.5 percent were men.
“The outbreak continues to primarily affect men who have sex with men who have reported recent sex with one or multiple male partners, suggesting no signal of sustained transmission beyond these networks for now,” the report said.
With a median age of 37, 79 percent of cases are men between the ages of 18 and 44.
There are 25 cases reported among healthcare personnel, and six cases reported among children under the age of 18.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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