Previously, Iran also showed its first case of monkeypox. The report says the health government has quarantined a 34-year-old man living in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
WHO declares monkeypox a physical emergency
The outbreak of developing ape smallpox in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” scenario that qualifies as a global emergency, the head of the World Health Organization said, which could spur new investments in the once-rare and worsening disease remedy. the rush for infrequent vaccinations.
Similar statements were made for the Zika virus in 2016 in Latin America and ongoing efforts to eliminate polio, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A global emergency is the WHO’s alert level, but the designation does not necessarily mean that a disease is communicable or fatal.
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