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The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press conference after the World Health Assembly. As of December 1, 2021. – WHO – Archive
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized the lack of knowledge that currently exists on many aspects of monkeypox, although it has assured society that “it is not a concern”; and that “it is not Covid-19” and it doesn’t transmit as fast.
In a press conference during the celebration of the 75ª World Health Assembly, WHO representatives have reported that 200 cases of monkeypox have already been detected worldwide, although they consider that it may be the “tip of the iceberg” and “more” may appear. in the next few days.
“The number of those infected may perhaps increase in the next few days because we consider that we are really at the beginning of this event, which is unusual and of which there are still very few cases exported to non-end countries.” micos”, they have stressed from the WHO.
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In this sense, the experts have commented that it is not yet known if the virus has changed and that is why it is transmitting more, “something unlikely”, or that the infections are due to human behavior; just as the animal reservoir is unknown.
“It is most likely that this outbreak can be easily contained and, in fact, we have tools to do so, although first we have to see how they can be used and estimate the quantities of therapies that we have around the world. they have emphasized.
For this reason, the WHO has urged countries to carry out an inventory of the vaccines they have against smallpox because “it is not known how many” ; Doses exist in the world, although the organization has assured that mass vaccination of the population is not necessary.
“Some countries made pledges of donations and we want to see how the research and production of vaccines can be accelerated”, the WHO experts emphasized at a press conference, to remember that the treatments that exist are mostly experimental because they were for the smallpox, a disease that was already considered eradicated.