His senior official World Health Organization said today that stopping it should be a priority smallpox of monkeys in countries where the disease is not endemic and clarified that this can be achieved if action is taken quickly.
“We believe that if we take the right measures now, we can easily stop it,” she said. Sylvie Briandirector of the WHO responsible for preparedness for the risk of infectious diseases, during the technical briefing of the Member States at the annual meeting of the said UN body for health.
She stressed that there is a window of opportunity to prevent further spread and called on the public not to worry, as the transmission is much slower than other viruses such as coronavirus.
WHO officials said there was currently no need for mass vaccination, but targeted vaccination is available for close contact with infected people.
“Case investigation, contact tracking, isolation at home are the best measures one can take”said the Rosamund LewisHead of the WHO Secretariat for Smallpox, which is part of the WHO Emergency Management Program.
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