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There are 780 confirmed cases of monkeypox in 27 countries worldwide. The figure was reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), specifying that it does not include cases in African countries, where the virus is considered endemic. “Currently, the risk to public health globally is considered moderate, considering that this is the first time that there are so many cases of monkeypox”, reassures the WHO, however warning that the risk “could become high if the virus exploited the opportunity to establish itself in non-endemic countries as a widespread human pathogen “. No casualties were recorded among the 780 confirmed cases.