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World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years on Wednesday, after a viral outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spread to neighboring countries.
lAfrica Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert on the continent after registration 15 thousand cases and 461 deaths for this virus this year.
Most of these cases focus on Democratic Republic of the Congo, Although the virus is already spreading to other countries such as Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda.
This year on the African continent, which is 160 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In total Cases of the disease have been registered in 13 countries.
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Monkeypox can be spread through close contact. It is usually mild but rarely fatal. Causes flu-like symptoms and rashes on the body filled with pus.
Designating the outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern,” or PHEIC – WHO’s highest alert level – could accelerate research, funding, international public health action and collaboration to contain disease.
Outbreak in Congo began with the spread of an endemic strainknown as clade I. But the new variant, clade Ib, appears to spread more easily through normal close contact, including sexual contact. It has spread from Congo to neighboring countries including Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, prompting action by the WHO.
“It is clear that a coordinated international response is needed to stop these outbreaks and save lives,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
Another form of monkeypox virus, clade IIb, spread worldwide in 2022, mainly through sexual contact between men who have sex with men. This prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency, which ended 10 months later.
According to EFE and Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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