China News Service, June 15. According to the United Nations website, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the 14th that the global outbreak of monkeypox is obviously extremely unusual and worrying.
He therefore decided next week to convene an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations to assess whether the outbreak constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern".
Data map: Electron microscope images provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show mature monkeypox virus (left) and immature virions (right).
Tedros said that so far this year, more than 1,600 confirmed cases and nearly 1,500 suspected cases have been reported to WHO from 39 countries, including seven countries with years of monkeypox outbreaks and 32 new outbreaks. Outbreak country.
Of these, 72 deaths were reported from previously affected countries.
So far, no deaths have been reported in the newly affected countries.
However, the WHO is trying to verify news reports of a monkeypox-related death from Brazil.
Tedros also said that the WHO issued interim guidelines on the use of the smallpox vaccine to prevent monkeypox, but did not recommend mass vaccination against monkeypox.
Tedros said WHO's goal is to support countries using proven public health tools, including surveillance, contact tracing and isolation of infected patients, to control transmission and stop outbreaks, while raising awareness of the risks and taking action Reduce continued transmission to high-risk groups.