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The cases of monkeypox confirmed in recent weeks in non-endemic countries now rise to 131, with

another 106 suspects

, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, indicating that the countries that have reported the most infections are

Spain

. (40),

Portugal

(37) and

the United Kingdom

(20).

The cases have been confirmed so far in 17 countries, mostly European, although infections have also been identified in Pakistan (2), Israel (1), Canada (5), the US (2) and Australia (2), the WHO during a technical session of the current annual assembly of the organization.

The disease has been endemic for at least 40 years in West and Central African countries, and although cases had previously been reported in other regions, until then always linked to people who had traveled to the African continent, this is the first time that observe such a widespread outbreak.

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