The World Health Organization has recorded more than 6000 cases of monkeypox

 In the current outbreak of the disease, more than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded in 58 countries, the World Health Organization said.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an online press conference from Geneva that the organization will hold a new meeting of the committee that advises on declaring a global health emergency, the highest level of alert in the World Health Organization, in the week of July 18 or before Date.

At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak had not yet risen to the status of a global health emergency, despite the high infections in both African countries where the disease usually spreads, as well as in other countries around the world.

"I remain concerned about the extent of the virus and its spread around the world," Tedros said, adding that the lack of testing means there are likely to be many cases that go unreported.

He added that about 80 percent of cases were recorded in Europe.

Monkeypox is a viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin sores and is endemic in many countries in West and Central Africa, and infections have increased worldwide since early May.

The death rate in previous outbreaks of the currently circulating strain was about one percent.

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