The World Health Organization (WHO) said that as it expands the scope of tracking for monkey pox infections, more cases are expected to be confirmed in the future.
As of the 21st, the WHO said that it had found 92 cases and 28 suspected cases in 12 countries where monkeypox infections were not originally reported, including 20 cases in the UK, Europe, the US, and Australia.
The WHO added that in the next few days, it will provide its Member States with guidance and recommendations on mitigating the spread of the disease.
It is considered very unusual to see such cases of monkey pox infection, which had been known only as a disease endemic to parts of Central and West Africa, in such a way around the world.
Monkey smallpox is not easily transmitted from person to person, so doctors are puzzled about the simultaneous appearance of infections in various places.
British health experts have also warned that monkeypox infections will continue to rise for some time to come.
Professor Charlotte Hammer, an emerging disease expert at the University of Cambridge, said: "Health authorities are now very aggressively looking for cases. .
Professor Hammer also said, "Given that monkey smallpox has an incubation period of up to three months, some of the new infections may have come in contact with the virus at the beginning of the outbreak."