WHO says it is possible to eradicate Monkeypox from Europe and speaks in Portugal
ONE Monkeyx virus among humans be eradicated from Europe, as the director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe, conceived as having transmitted the case of Portugal.
At a press conference, the official stressed that more than 22,000 cases of infection have been reported in 43 countries in the WHO European regionwhich represents a third of the total infections worldwide.
Nonetheless, “there are encouraging signs from countries, such as selected in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and other countries, that the outbreak is slowing down”, said Kluge. “To move towards our need, we urgently need to intensify our exercises,” he added.
“We believe that we can eliminate the sustenance of the Monkeypox human region if we put ourselves to operate the resources for that purpose”Also, recommending the prevention of preventive measures, prevention and prevention of contacts.
It was in this context that Hans Kluge cited the case of Portugalthat the absence of a true campaign of “ managed to “stop the increase in the number of cases through behavior change and engagement with communities”.
In Portugal, 36 more cases of the virus were confirmed in the last week, increasing the total number of cases to 846, revealed on Thursday at the Directorate-General for Health. Of the total number of confirmed cases until August 17, 729 have already been reported on SINAVEmed. Most of those infected (42%) are between 30 and 39 years old and are male (99.2%). There are also six reported cases in females.
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