European Health Authorities Report Dozens of Cases of “Monkeypox”

The German “Robert Koch” Institute for Disease Control announced that the number of confirmed cases of the “monkeypox” virus in Germany rose from 21 the day before yesterday (Monday) to 33 cases yesterday.

The institute indicated that these cases were monitored in six out of 16 German states (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony-Anhalt).

The German institute indicated that most of the patients who contracted the pathogen were not in a serious condition.

According to the German news agency, experts expect the number of cases to continue to rise, given the unusual outbreak of the disease in many Western countries.

Monkeypox is considered a less serious disease than smallpox, which has been eradicated from the world since 1980, and the virus is transmitted from person to person through close physical contact.

According to German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, vaccination concepts are currently being prepared for people in contact with infected people.

The minister pointed out that the required smallpox vaccine is expected to be available in Germany in the first half of next June.

Last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on the countries of the world to take various measures to confront the unusual spread of monkeypox, which it said there was no need to worry about.

The WHO expects that the incidence of monkeypox, which has spread to more than 20 countries so far, will continue to rise.