WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

📆 8/25/2022 5:30 PM
📰 AP

⏱ Reading Time:
26 sec. here
2 min. at publisher
📊 Quality Score:
News: 14%
Publisher: 51%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

GENEVA (AP) — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World Health Organization report issued Thursday.

, reported their first cases. To date, more than 45,000 cases have been reported in 98 countries since late April.

Cases in the Americas accounted for 60% of cases in the past month, WHO said, while cases in Europe comprised about 38%. It said infections in the Americas showed “a continuing steep rise.” The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday the continent had 219 new cases reported in the past week, a jump of 54%. Most were in Nigeria and Congo, the agency said., WHO’s Europe director said countries in the region were responsible for 90% of all laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox.

Write Comment

Black pest goth aids monkeypox.

Except my numbers are NOT going down....thanks ProVirusVIP

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland holding monkeypox vaccine clinicAs of Tuesday, Cleveland health officials said the city currently has 38 cases of monkeypox. Remember, a dog and some kids contracted monkey pox..... Wait.....thought it wasn't fron the alphabet group? And you think it's ok for kids to be like this! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Source: cleveland19news - 🏆 70. / 68 Read more »