The hands of a monkeypox patient. File photoMOSCOW, June 24The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the world has exceeded 3.2 thousand, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. «Just over six weeks ago, WHO received notification of a cluster of three cases of monkeypox smallpox in the UK without any travel outside the UK. Since then, we have received reports of more than 3,200 confirmed cases and one death from 48 countries,» Ghebreyesus said, opening a meeting of the WHO emergency committee on monkeypox. the head of WHO said that in recently affected countries, cases of the disease occur mainly among men who have had homosexual contacts. However, he noted that transmission of the infection from an infected person to any other person also continues and is probably underestimated. In this regard, the head of WHO called for studying the mechanism of transmission of monkeypox in Nigeria, where the proportion of infected women is much higher than in other countries. Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that is also transmitted between people. It is usually a mild condition and most people recover within a few weeks, but complications can occur for some. The initial symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, swollen lymph nodes, chills, and exhaustion. A rash may develop, often starting on the face and then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through various stages before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.
