According to the United Nations official website on the 22nd, the World Health Organization said that since May 13, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases have been reported in 12 countries without monkeypox virus in the world. Available information indicates that interpersonal transmission is occurring in people in close physical contact with symptomatic cases.
The remaining confirmed cases are mainly from France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. So far, no related deaths have been reported.
Who expects that with the expansion of surveillance, more cases may be found in countries that have reported cases and other countries in the future.
According to the United Nations website, monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted from animals to humans). The patient's symptoms are similar to those observed in smallpox patients in the past, but the clinical severity is relatively mild. With the elimination of smallpox in 1980 and the subsequent cessation of smallpox vaccination, monkeypox became the most serious orthopox virus. Before the outbreak of this round of epidemic, monkeypox cases were sporadic in tropical rain forests in central and western Africa.