“According to the Great Russian Encyclopedia, a pandemic is an epidemic characterized by the spread of an infectious disease throughout the country, the territory of neighboring states, and sometimes many countries of the world,” the specialist said.
The expert added that cases of the disease have now been registered in more than 50 countries around the world.
“But in the vast majority of countries these are imported cases with isolated local cases of local transmission.
Only in a few countries (Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, France, USA), in which monkeypox initially began to be recorded in May, local transmission of this infection continues.
Most likely, this happens because people ignore the recommended elementary precautions, ”Pshenichnaya emphasized.
She recalled that the world is living in an era of an HIV pandemic, which brings "much more serious" problems.
“The seventh cholera pandemic continues, which began back in the 60s, and here, in addition to personal hygiene, the purity of water is very important not only in the water supply, but also in reservoirs,” concluded Pshenichnaya.
Earlier, the World Health Network reported that monkeypox was officially declared a pandemic.
According to the WHA, there are currently 3,417 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 58 countries around the world.
Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said earlier that Europe continues to be the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak.