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Monkeypox outbreak reaches 257 confirmed cases worldwide, according to WHO

2022-05-30T09:38:23.467Z


The WHO receives reports of 257 confirmed cases and 120 suspected cases of monkeypox in 23 nations where the virus is not endemic.


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The World Health Organization has received reports, as of Thursday, of 257 confirmed cases of monkeypox and about 120 suspected cases in 23 nations where the virus is not endemic, according to an update on Sunday.

In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 12 cases in eight states as of Friday afternoon.

In five African countries where monkeypox is common, the WHO said it has received reports of 1,365 cases and 69 deaths due to the virus.

These cases have been reported in various periods from mid-December to the end of May.

No deaths have been reported in non-endemic countries.

"Since 2017, the few human deaths with monkeypox in West Africa have been associated with young age or untreated HIV infection," the WHO said in Sunday's report.

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What the WHO says

The agency said the level of global public health risk is moderate, "considering this is the first time monkeypox cases have been reported simultaneously in widely disparate WHO geographic areas, and with no known epidemiological links to non-endemic countries." in West or Central Africa.

The WHO also said in its update: "The risk to public health could be high if this virus seizes the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease, such as young children and immunocompromised people." .

The agency urges health care providers to be on the lookout for possible symptoms such as rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headache, back pain, muscle aches, and fatigue, and to offer testing to anyone with these symptoms.

However, since most of the initial cases in this outbreak have been reported among men who have sex with men, "every effort must be made" to avoid stigmatization of affected individuals and communities, the WHO said.

What is monkeypox?

Monkeypox is an extremely rare viral disease that is similar to smallpox but is considered less serious clinically, according to the WHO.

The disease eventually progresses to a rash and lesions that form blisters and crusts.

This can occur throughout the body.

The illness usually lasts two to four weeks.

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Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease, but it can be spread through intimate contact during sex when someone has an active rash.

Scientists are sequencing the genetic code of viral samples from patients in this outbreak to better understand their origins, but "preliminary data confirm that the genomes belong to the West African clade of monkeypox virus," according to the WHO. .

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Source: cnnespanol

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