The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the monkeypox virus has spread to more than 20 countries and continues to urge countries to step up efforts to combat the contagion as the outbreak expands. disease surveillance. Around 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases have been identified outside the Central and West African countries where monkeypox typically spreads, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 technical director. More cases of the rare viral disease may be reported as surveillance expands, she said, but added that the recent spread was manageable. “We are expecting to find more cases. We are asking countries to step up surveillance,” she said. “This is a manageable situation. It will be difficult, but in non-endemic countries, the situation is manageable.” Monkeypox has spread to North America and Europe this week, causing outbreaks in countries outside Central and West Africa, where the virus has spread at low levels for the past 40 years. A milder strain of the West African virus is causing outbreaks, with most patients recovering within weeks. Not yet .
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