“What should concern us all is the spread of the virus within Africa and beyond. This possibility is very worrying,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, referring to the outbreak of the monkeypox (mpox) virus. Yesterday (14/8), the WHO declared the highest level of alert for the virus , as this year there is a 160% increase in cases compared to the previous year. “We are now in a situation where mpox is a risk to many more neighbors in and around central Africa,” said Salim Abdul Karim, a South African infectious disease expert who chairs the CDC’s Africa emergency team. He also pointed out that the new variant of mpox spreading from the Congo appears to have a fatality rate of about 3-4%. In 2022, the WHO declared a global emergency for mpox, which spread to more than 70 countries for the first time time, mainly affecting gay and bisexual men. In that one […]
Source: News Beast
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