There are 48 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases in Greece
To change the name of monkey pox, he wishes World Health Organisation and so it allows anyone who wants to submit ideas to one Web portal, according to Bloomberg. The move by the WHO comes almost two months after the first announcement about renaming the disease.
“WHO holds open consultation on new name for monkeypox disease. Anyone wishing to suggest new names may do so,” the organization said in a statement in an effort to stop harmful misconceptions associated with the current name.
Naming viruses – normally – falls under the WHO’s jurisdiction, but the agency allows people to submit ideas through an online portal. The announcement comes nearly two months after the WHO said it planned to rename the virus, following requests from scientists around the world and public health officials who said the current name encourages harmful stigma.
Monkeypox, which is endemic to parts of Africa, first spread to Europe before making its way to the US – where most of the world’s infections have now been confirmed. Vaccines and treatments are in short supply, and management of the disease has sometimes been left to sexual health centers, which for years have called for more funding.
There are 48 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkey pox in Greece, since the start of recording cases, according to the EODY. They are all men with a median age of 36 years (19-59), of which 16 reported traveling abroad during the incubation period of the disease.
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