WHO says it’s ‘not clear if it can be prevented’ monkeypox, the disease spread to 2 more countries

“Tools for management monkey pox – including readily available diagnostic tests, vaccines and treatments – are not likely to be immediately or widely accessed by countries” – news agency Reuters quote the WHO statement.

According to the organization’s final tally, more than 300 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in more than 20 countries that are not endemic for the disease, including confirmed and suspected cases. infected.

Director of the Institute of Microbiology of the German Armed Forces Roman Woelfel works at his job in Munich, May 20, 2022, after Germany detected the first case of monkeypox – Photo: REUTERS

Also follow Reuters, 2 more European countries have reported the first disease.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) confirmed its first case of monkeypox on May 31, in a person who had traveled abroad and was “linked to the ongoing outbreak in Europe”. .

According to Hungary’s state news agency MTI, a 38-year-old patient in the country has also just been confirmed as the first case of monkeypox. Currently, health authorities are still investigating the epidemiology and finding out if he has traveled abroad recently.

Previously, many infectious disease experts have asked WHO and the authorities of member countries to take more active action to prevent the spread of monkeypox, not to be subjective that “mild disease, there is a vaccine and a cure.”

Previously, monkeypox occurred mainly in the countries of West and Central Africa, due to transmission from animals to humans, mainly through human contact with infected wild animals or carcasses. The possibility of person-to-person transmission is low, mainly through contact with bodily fluids or sharing personal hygiene items.

In 2022, there were 10 deaths in endemic areas (Congo and Nigeria) but no deaths outside of endemic areas, because the cluster of cases outside the endemic area was determined to be caused by West African strains, which is lighter than the Congo strain. Case clusters outside the endemic area are believed to be primarily due to sexual transmission. WHO recommends that people with symptoms should stop having sex, isolate and report to health authorities.