The world surpassed the mark of 500 infected by Monkeypox outside Africa.
“We actually have today a count of over 550 confirmed cases in 30 countries across four of WHO’s six regions,” Dr. Rosamund Lewis, Head of the World Health Organization’Smallpox Secretariat of Health Emergencies Program old CNN international:
“We’re seeing cases all appearing in a relatively short period of time. We’re seeing that in a few days, we’re seeing over 500 cases. This is different. This has not been seen before.”
The Republic of Congo announced on Monday that nine people have died of monkeypox this year. The Chief of the Sankuru health division in Congo, also said that 465 cases have been confirmed. Meanwhile, Nigeria also has recorded its first death from the disease.
According to WHO, Public health outbreak investigations are ongoing in countries that have identified cases to contain further spread.
WHO is urging people to watch closely for possible symptoms such as rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headache, back pain, muscle aches, and fatigue, and to offer testing to anyone who has these symptoms.
Health authorities stated they are not concerned about a global pandemic at the moment since its transmission is slower compared to other viruses.
The WHO also highlighted the importance of taking preventative sanitary measures such as good hygiene and safe sexual behavior.
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