GENEVA: The World Health Organization says it has removed the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries in its data to better integrate the response to the virus.
Until the last few months, monkeypox was generally confined to the western and central Africa But now exists in many continents.
“We are bridging the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, reporting where possible, countries that require an integrated response,” the WHO said in its outbreak status update on June 17. ” But the media was sent on Saturday.
It said that between January 1 and June 15, 2,103 cases have been confirmed in 42 countries, with one probable case and one death reported to the WHO.
The Geneva-based UN health agency is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on June 23 to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.
The designation is the highest alarm a UN agency can sound.
The majority – 84 percent – of confirmed cases are from the European region, followed by Of Americaafrica, Eastern Mediterranean area and western pacific region.
The WHO believes that the actual number of cases is likely to be higher.
Common early symptoms of monkeypox include high fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a blistering chickenpox-like rash.
Although U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that current cases do not always cause flu-like symptoms, and the rash is sometimes limited to a few areas.
Until the last few months, monkeypox was generally confined to the western and central Africa But now exists in many continents.
“We are bridging the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, reporting where possible, countries that require an integrated response,” the WHO said in its outbreak status update on June 17. ” But the media was sent on Saturday.
It said that between January 1 and June 15, 2,103 cases have been confirmed in 42 countries, with one probable case and one death reported to the WHO.
The Geneva-based UN health agency is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on June 23 to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern.
The designation is the highest alarm a UN agency can sound.
The majority – 84 percent – of confirmed cases are from the European region, followed by Of Americaafrica, Eastern Mediterranean area and western pacific region.
The WHO believes that the actual number of cases is likely to be higher.
Common early symptoms of monkeypox include high fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a blistering chickenpox-like rash.
Although U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that current cases do not always cause flu-like symptoms, and the rash is sometimes limited to a few areas.