WHO: 14,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide

　　China News Service, July 21 (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed on the 20th local time that 14,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa.

Data map: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.

　　Most cases of monkeypox so far have come from Europe, especially among men who have sex with men, the WHO said.

　　Among the countries that have reported cases of monkeypox, the monkeypox outbreak in Europe continues to worsen.

So far, Spain has reported 3,125 cases of monkeypox; the UK has reported 2,137 cases; Germany has reported 2,110 cases; France has reported 912 cases; the Netherlands has reported 656 cases; Portugal has reported 515 cases; and Italy has reported 399 cases.

　　The monkeypox epidemic in the United States is also not optimistic.

As of the 9th, a total of 2,108 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the United States.

On June 24, local time, the New York City government opened a temporary clinic in Manhattan to vaccinate susceptible people against monkeypox.

The picture shows the public consultation on monkeypox vaccination.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　　In addition, the WHO will reconvene an emergency committee meeting on the 21st to reassess whether the current monkeypox outbreak constitutes an "international public health emergency".

　　Tedros said that regardless of the committee's recommendations, WHO will continue to do everything in its power to support countries in preventing the spread of the epidemic.

　　Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.

The typical clinical manifestations of monkeypox are fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes, and may lead to a series of complications.

　　In the past few weeks, several European and American countries have reported multiple clusters of monkeypox virus, most of them involving men who have sex with men.

The WHO said that monkeypox cases often occur in West and Central Africa, and it is not normal for confirmed and suspected cases to be reported in many countries without any travel history to monkeypox-endemic areas.