55.9% increase since the last count on June 22 – Europe by far tops the list of cases – Infections in children and immunocompromised people
The World Health Organization (WHO) has now recorded 5,322 confirmed cases her monkey poxwhich have increased by more than 50% since the previous tally on June 22, and a single death from the disease, an agency spokesman announced today.
“WHO continues to urge countries to pay special attention to monkeypox outbreaks in an effort to reduce infections”said Fandela Saib at a press conference she gave in Geneva.
The holding of a second session of the WHO emergency committee on this issue, after its first session on June 23, is not currently foreseen.
The WHO ruled last week that the current outbreak of cases of monkeypox, while very concerning, does not constitute a “public health emergency of international concern,” which is the agency’s highest level of alert.
The number of cases has risen significantly in recent days: this latest tally on June 30, shows an increase of 55.9% compared to the previous count, which was made 8 days earlier and amounted to 3,413 cases.
THE Europe it remains by far the region most affected by the virus with 85% of cases, while 53 countries in the world are now affected.
An unusual increase in cases of monkeypox has been detected since May outside countries in central and west Africa where the virus usually circulates.
Although the majority of recorded cases involve men who have sex with men, “vulnerable groups are also at risk,” the spokeswoman noted.
“There have been some cases among children (and) in immunocompromised people,” he concluded.
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