The World Health Organization said on the 25th that the Americas has replaced Europe as the region with the most new cases of monkeypox infection (hereinafter referred to as monkeypox cases) in the world. New data shows that about 60% of the world's new monkeypox cases come from the Americas.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference on the 25th that although the number of new monkeypox cases reported globally in the week from August 15 to 21 fell by 21%, new monkeypox cases in the Americas The number has risen in intensive communication.
The WHO report released on the 24th also showed that most of the infected people reported in the early stages of the monkeypox outbreak were from Europe, but in the past four weeks, the new monkeypox cases in the Americas have accounted for about 60.3% of the new monkeypox cases in the world. , while Europe fell to 38.7%.
As of August 22, the top 10 countries with the largest cumulative reported cases of monkeypox in the world are the United States, Spain, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Peru and Portugal. The number of monkeypox cases in these 10 countries 88.9% of all monkeypox cases worldwide.
Tedros said that there are signs that the monkeypox epidemic in Europe is slowing down; thanks to a combination of effective public health measures and vaccination, the spread of the monkeypox virus is being effectively contained.
The WHO report shows that the monkeypox outbreak mainly affects young men, with 98.2% of monkeypox cases in men and a median age of 36 years.
At the same time, WHO encourages all countries to conduct research on the effectiveness of monkeypox vaccines.