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More than 50,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in the global outbreak, WHO figures showed on Wednesday, although transmission is slowing at hotspots of the virus in Europe and the United States.
The World Health Organization dashboard indexed 50,496 cases and 16 deaths reported this year to the U. N. agency, which declared the outbreak a public health emergency in July.
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WHO leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the drop in new infections showed the outbreak could be stopped.
“In the Americas, which account for more than a portion of reported cases, several countries continue to see an increasing number of infections, it is encouraging to see a sustained downward trend in Canada,” he told a news conference.
“Some European countries, Germany and the Netherlands, are also seeing a marked slowdown in the epidemic, demonstrating the effectiveness of public fitness interventions and network involvement in infection tracking and transmission prevention.
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“These symptoms verify what we’ve been all along: that with the right measures, this is an epidemic that can be stopped. “
An increase in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May among men who have sex with men, outside of African countries where it has long been endemic.
The WHO activated its alert point on July 24, classifying it as a public health emergency of foreign interest, along with Covid-19.
“The elimination of monkeypox requires 3 things: evidence that it is possible, which we are now beginning to see; political will and commitment; and implement public fitness measures in the communities that most desire it,” Tedros said.
“We don’t have to live with monkeypox. “
Cases were reported in 101 territories, only 52 reported new cases in the past seven days, 27 of which reported numbers in single digits.
The countries that have reported more than a thousand to the WHO in total are the United States (17,994), Spain (6,543), Brazil (4,693), France (3,547), Germany (3,467), Great Britain (3,413), Peru (1,463), Canada (1,228) and the Netherlands (1,160).
The number of new infections in the United States appears to have slowed recently, according to fitness authorities.
Meanwhile, the WHO’s leader for Europe said on Tuesday he had noticed “encouraging” symptoms that the outbreak was slowing on the continent and was heading “in the right direction”.
The disease causes fever, muscle pain, and skin lesions that resemble boils.
Nigeria reported 4 deaths to WHO, Ghana three, Spain and the Central African Republic two Array, while Brazil, Belgium, Ecuador, India and Cuba reported one death.
Rosamund Lewis, the WHO’s technical lead on monkeypox, said any physical contact with the virus would also put them in danger of contracting it.
“The vast majority of them are still among men who have sex with men, whether they are gay, bisexual or in contact with other men with monkeypox,” he said at Wednesday’s news conference.
Lewis noted that there have been no reports of blood transfusions of transmission of monkeypox.
“There have been reports of DNA detection of the ape pox virus in semen. One study showed that the virus may be far from this sample,” he said, warning that more studies were still being done.
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