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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said more than 35,000 Monkeypox cases had been reported from 92 countries. Twelve monkeypox relared deaths have been registered so far. Director General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were many requests for vaccines from affected countries. Ghebreyesus said last week saw nearly 7,500 cases of Monkeypox, an increase of 20 percent from the previous week.
“More than 35,000 cases of Monkeypox have now been reported to whom, out of 92 countries and regions, with 12 deaths. Nearly 7,500 cases were reported last week, an increase of 20% from the previous week, which was also 20% more than this week before,” Ani quoted Ghebreyesus say. Vaccines can also play an important role in controlling the Monkeypox outbreak, and in many countries, there is high demand for vaccines from affected people,” he said further.
There are reports about rich countries that hoard smallpox vaccines to fight the current Monkeypox outbreak. A new study published in Lancet said that although smallpox vaccines have been proven to reduce the possibility of symptomatic infections and severe diseases from Monkeypox, protection can decrease over time. WHO also said that people infected with Monkeypox had to isolate their pets after the first case of transmission of the human-up virus in France was reported.
Dr. Rosamund Lewis, who led technical to Monkeypox, said that the transmission of the human-to-flies virus was new but not surprising, The Washington Post reported. “It has not been reported that dogs have been infected before. So, at a number of levels, this is new information. This is not surprising information, and that is something we are aware of,” Lewis was quoted as a saying. The world health organization has declared Monkeypox as a global community health emergency which is of international concern.
Monkeypox is a virus zoonotic disease – virus transmitted to humans from animals – with symptoms similar to smallpox although clinically less severe. At present, most of the cases in the current outbreak are among men who have sex with men. Common symptoms of monkeypox are fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes. Usually diseases that limit themselves to symptoms that last for two to four weeks.
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