Meanwhile, Canada's Public Health Ontario reports 101 confirmed cases of monkeypox across the state
London — More than 6,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak. increase. According to the World Health Organization.
Canada is on the list, with an increasing number of cases in Ontario this summer. Public Health Ontario reports 101 confirmed cases of monkeypox across the state, compared to 33 cases two weeks ago. A summary report of the disease up to July 4 states that Ontario also has eight possible cases. According to the
report, there are 85 cases in Toronto, with multiple cases in each of the health units covering Ottawa, the Halton area, and Middlesex-London.
Health units in Hamilton, Durham, Eastern Ontario, Haldimand-Norfolk, Peel, Peterbara, Simcoe-Muskoka, and Guelph also confirmed a single case. All reported cases are men aged 20-65 years, and commonly reported symptoms include rash, oral and genital lesions, swollen lymph nodes, headache, fever, chills, muscle pain, There is fatigue and so on. Public health says that most cases are among men who report intimate contact with men, but anyone can get monkeypox.
A meeting of the Commission advising the UN agency to declare the outbreak of a global health emergency, WHO's highest level of alert, in the week beginning July 18 or earlier. To resume. He told a virtual press conference from Geneva.
World Health Organization Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom praises those who have spoken about the experience of#monkeypox. did. On social media. "This is a positive way to break the stigma of viruses that can affect anyone," he said.pic.twitter.com/yZx40YxkII
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June 27 At its last meeting, the Commission determined that an outbreak of increasing cases has not yet occurred in both the normally endemic African countries and the world. Health emergency.
"I'm still concerned about the size of the virus and its worldwide spread," said Tedros, who said the lack of testing could lead to more unreported cases. He added that it is highly sexual.
He said that about 80% of cases occur in Europe.
Monkey Pox, a normally mild viral infection that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, has spread worldwide since early May. The previous outbreak of strains that are currently widespread was about 1 percent.
It generally does not spread easily between people and me ■ Prolonged intimate contact via respiratory droplets, skin lesions or direct contact with body fluids, or contaminated clothing or It is transmitted through bedding.
The disease originated from the same family of viruses that cause smallpox, and WHO declared it eradicated worldwide in 1980. Smallpox vaccines have proven effective in combating the smallpox virus.
With additional reports from The Canadian Press
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