Stockholm-Sana
Today, the European Health Agency has ruled out the risk of the rare disease monkeypox spreading among the population on a large scale, considering at the same time that this is very low, but high in certain groups.
"Most of the current cases were accompanied by mild symptoms of the disease, and for the general public the probability of spread is very low," Andrea Ammon, director of the agency, told AFP, adding, "The possibility of the virus spreading through close contact between people with multiple sexual partners is high."
It is noteworthy that the disease was first discovered in 1958 in monkey colonies, and the first human infection was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then the regions of Central and West Africa.
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