Plus 6,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in 58 different countries since the beginning of the epidemic in May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
The United Nations agency will convene, during the week of July 18 or even before, a new meeting of the Emergency Committee of the international health regulations, specified the director general of the WHO, Tedroshelorsyed’unedhanom, video conference in Geneva .
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Lors de sa previous meeting on June 27, the committee estimated that the epidemic, which is not limited to African countries where the disease spreads usually, did not constitute a health emergency.
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Many unreported cases
“I remain concerned about the scale and spread of the virus around the world”declared Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that due to lack of testing, many cases probably went unreported.
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Around 80% of cases have been registered in Europe, at-il precisé.
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