There have now been more than 16,000 reported cases of monkeypox in 75 countries, and five deaths related to the disease, the WHO said.
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared a global health emergency over the uncontrolled spread of monkeypox worldwide.
There have now been more than 16,000 reported cases of the disease in 75 countries, and five deaths related to the disease, the WHO said., which warns that “there are likely many more cases that have not been diagnosed.” That about one-third of the more than 2,400 U.S. cases reported across the US. There have been more that 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide. Above, Tareco Timothy receives the monkeypox vaccination in New York.“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement.
“For the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners,” he added. “That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups.” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited new modes of transmission as areas of concern in his official statement.
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