The WHO raises the cases of monkeypox in the world to 643, 142 of them in Spain

confirmed cases of monkey pox in non-endemic countries they currently rise to 643, five times more than those reported a week ago, indicated today the World Health Organization (WHO)which details that the United Kingdom is the country with the most reported infections (190) followed by Spain (142).

Other countries with a high number of cases were Portugal (119), Germany (44), Canada (26), USA (18), France (17), Italy (14) and Belgium (10), according to a meeting of experts to analyze the response of the health community to this outbreak, in which more than 2,000 professionals linked to the WHO participate.

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The experts stressed that despite the unusual nature of this outbreak, it is still controllable, and stressed that the priority must be to combat the disease in its endemic foci in central and western Africa, where 66 people have died as a result of it so far. year.

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Source: Elcomercio

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