Experts: The state of emergency due to the disease may last for months

WHO: 18,000 cases of monkeypox in 78 countries

Vaccines against monkeypox virus.

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Yesterday, the World Health Organization revealed that more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded worldwide, while experts said that the emergency due to monkeypox could last for months.

Yesterday, the World Health Organization said that more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been recorded worldwide from 78 countries, the majority of which are in Europe.

Last Saturday, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency.

Meanwhile, scientists advising the World Health Organization on monkeypox said the chance of stopping the spread of the disease is dwindling as the number of cases doubles every two weeks, raising fears that the spread may take months to reach its peak.

And the World Health Organization in Europe expects that the number of infections will reach more than 27 thousand by the second of August in 88 countries, up from 17,800 cases in about 70 countries in the latest census.

Scientists from around the world told Reuters that the numbers of forecasts beyond this period are more complex, and added that the spread of infection is expected to continue for several months, and perhaps longer.

For its part, India has started talks with vaccine manufacturers to develop a vaccine against the monkeypox virus, if needed, according to a senior government official, in light of the high incidence of global infection.

"We have already started communicating with the main parties," Bloomberg Agency quoted Vinod Kumar Paul, a member of the government agency "NETE Aung" and chair of the task force on combating the Corona virus.

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