Monkeypox virus under an electron microscope. File photoMOSCOW, June 14WHO has registered more than 1,600 confirmed cases of monkeypox and approximately 1,500 suspected cases in 39 countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing on Tuesday. «WHO has recorded more than 1,600 confirmed cases monkeypox and approximately 1,500 suspected cases in 39 countries,» he said on the organization's Twitter. Of these countries, there are seven in which the disease had already been detected years earlier, and 32 where it was registered for the first time, said the head of WHO. Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that is transmitted between people. It is usually a mild illness and most people recover within a few weeks, but complications can occur in some people. , lethality and distributionInfographicView
