Sat 02 July 2022:
In light of the fact that cases of monkeypox there have tripled over the past two weeks, the World Health Organization called on Friday for “urgent” action to prevent the disease from spreading.
“Today, I am intensifying my call for governments and civil society to scale up efforts … to prevent monkeypox from establishing itself across a growing geographical area,” WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Henri Kluge said.
“Urgent and coordinated action is imperative if we are to turn a corner in the race to reverse the ongoing spread of this disease.”
Since early May, a surge in monkeypox cases has been detected outside West and Central African countries where the viral disease is endemic.
Ninety percent of all laboratory-confirmed cases registered worldwide — or 4,500 infections — are in Europe, Kluge said.
Thirty-one countries and areas have now reported infections.
The rising outbreak is still centered in Europe, according to Kluge, and the risk is still very high.
Although it will soon evaluate its stance, the WHO does not now consider the epidemic to be a public health emergency of worldwide concern.
According to the WHO, the majority of monkeypox cases to date have been found in young, primarily urban, guys who have intercourse with other men.
Although it continues to believe that close contact is the main method of disease transmission, it is looking into examples of potential sexual transmission.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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