“L’Europe remains the epicenter of this escalation of the monkeypox epidemic, with 25 countries reporting more than 1,500 cases, or 85% of the global total. The extent of this outbreak represents a real risk: the longer the virus circulates, the more it will spread and the stronger it will become the presence of the disease in non-endemic countries “. This was underlined by the director of WHO Europe, Henri Klugeat a press conference, recalling that the World Health Organization has convened the Emergency Committee next week to assess whether the monkeypox epidemic in non-endemic countries represents an international public health emergency.
“Governments, healthcare partners and civil society must act urgently and together to control this outbreak”, is Kluge’s call.