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 “Monkeypox” Infections Exceed 1,000 globally,   WHO   Warns of  “Real Danger”


Thu 09 Jun 2022 | 10:40 AM
Ahmed Moamar

The World Health Organization (WHO) considered that the risk of the spread of monkeypox virus outside the countries where the disease is endemic is "real", with 1,000 cases already recorded.

"The risk of (monkeypox) spreading in countries where the disease is not endemic is real, but this scenario can be avoided," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press conference.

Therefore, the UN organization  encourages countries to increase health surveillance measures “to monitor all infections and contacts to control this outbreak and prevent infection.”

Dr. Ghebreyesus added that the WHO   has been informed of recording of more than a thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox so far in 29 countries where the disease is not endemic.

But no deaths were reported in these countries, unlike those in which the disease is endemic, including Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the World Health Organization.