Singe Variole: 780 cases reported by 27 non-endemic countries
Between May 13 and June 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported or identified 780 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in 27 member states where the virus is not endemic In a statement, the organization stated. Apart from patient isolation, there have been few hospitalizations documented. While the current risk to human health and the general public is low, the public health risk could rise if this virus takes advantage of the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen in non-endemic nations.
Given that this is the first time that multiple instances and clusters of cases of monkeypox have been reported simultaneously from non-endemic and endemic countries, she said, "WHO evaluates the risk internationally as moderate.
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Non-endemic countries, unlike endemic countries, have reported no deaths, according to the WHO: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Ivory Coast, and Ghana, where the disease has only been identified in animals.
In the first five months of 2022, 66 deaths were reported in the first seven of these countries.



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