780 cases of monkeypox recorded in 27 countries

There are some cases that have been hospitalized for treatment, while many people have to be isolated.

So far, the UK has recorded the number of cases monkey pox The highest with 207 cases, followed by Spain (156), Portugal (138), Canada (58) and Germany (57). In addition to Europe and North America, the monkeypox virus has also spread to countries where the disease is rare, including Argentina, Australia, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), each of which has been reported. less than 10 cases. In countries where monkeypox is not endemic, a single case is considered an outbreak.

The WHO warned that monkeypox virus could continue to spread and more countries will report cases of this disease. Notably, in some countries, many cases of monkeypox have recently been recorded without close contact with infected people, indicating that the virus has been silently spreading for some time.

He recorded the highest number of people infected with monkey pox. (Photo: Medscape)

Although the current risk to public health remains low, the risk may increase if monkey smallpox virus It is spreading rapidly in countries where the disease has never been recorded. At the global level, WHO assesses risk as medium as this is the first recorded cases of monkeypox and outbreaks of monkeypox in countries that consider it endemic as well as those that do not. This is endemic disease.

According to WHO, in countries that have never had monkeypox, so far there have been no deaths from the disease. However, in countries where monkeypox is endemic, the number of cases and deaths continues to rise.

Countries where monkeypox is endemic include Cameroon, Central Africa, DR Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where monkeypox has been recently reported. in animals. Of the first 7 countries listed, 66 deaths from monkeypox were recorded in the first 5 months of 2022.

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