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More than 6,000 cases ofsalpoxhave been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the World Health Organization said.
A meeting of committees advising the United Nations agency to declare the outbreak of a global health emergency, WHO's highest level of alert, in the week beginning July 18 or earlier. Will resume. Speaking to a virtual news conference from Geneva.
At the last meeting on June 27, the Commission found an increase in cases in both the normally occurring African countriesand the globally occurring. We have determined that this outbreak is not yet a health emergency. ..
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"I'm still worried about scale and spread "There are viruses around the world," he added, adding that the lack of testing means that there may be more unreported cases.
He said that about 80% of cases occur in Europe.
Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adanom Gebreyes At a virtual news conference, here at the event on February 18, 2022, WHO said it would resume a committee meeting advising on declaring the outbreak of a global health emergency. (Reuters / Johanna Geron / Pool / File Photo)
Monkey, usually a mild viral infection that causes influenza-like symptoms and skin lesions Pox is spreading all over the world from early May.
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Previous in Africa With an outbreak, the currently widespread strain mortality rate is about 1,%, but so far this outbreak does not appear to be so fatal innon-epidemic countries.
