71 new cases of "monkeypox" were detected in England

The British Health Security Agency announced today, Monday, the detection of 71 new cases of monkeypox in England, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the whole of Britain since May 7 to 179.

Earlier today, a World Health Organization official said the organization does not believe that an outbreak of monkeypox outside Africa will lead to a pandemic, adding that it remains unclear whether asymptomatic patients can transmit the disease.

More than 300 suspected or confirmed cases of monkeypox were reported in May, mostly in Europe.

Monkeypox is a mild disease that usually spreads through close contact, causing flu-like symptoms and a distinctively shaped rash.

The World Health Organization is studying whether the outbreak should be assessed as a "potential public health emergency of international concern".

In response to a question about whether an outbreak of monkeypox could turn into a pandemic, Rosamund Lewis, director of the Smallpox Department of the World Health Organization's Emergency Program, said: "We don't know, but we don't think so, at the moment we are not concerned about a global pandemic."

It is known that the strain of the virus that causes the disease leads to death only in a few cases, and some countries have begun to provide vaccines for close contacts with confirmed cases.

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