“We intend to stop human-to-human transmission of the virus and we are able to do so in countries where monkeypox is not endemic,” added Van Kerkhove. “We are in a situation where we can use public health tools to identify cases early and address their isolation,” she said. The contagion, he added, occurs through close physical contact, skin to skin “and found that most of the cases observed so far do not have the disease in severe form. Early identification and” isolation of cas are part of the measures recommended by the WHO and the ECDC, “said Maria Van Kerkhove.
“Not yet clear if the virus has mutated” –
It is not yet clear whether the virus responsible for monkeypox has undergone a mutation: the answer can only come from the analysis of its genetic sequence. This was explained by Rosamund Lewis, head of monkeypox research under the WHO emergency program.
“It is not homosexual disease” –
“Several cases of monkeypox have been identified among men who have sex with men, but it is not a homosexual disease, as some people have tried to label on social networks,” said Andy Seale, strategic consultant for global programs. ‘WHO on HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections.