Monkeypox cases top 5,000: WHO

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GENEVA - The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported to it in the current outbreak, 85 per cent of which are in Europe.

Though case numbers are rapidly increasing, the United Nations health agency has not set a date for its"From Jan 1 to June 30 this year, we have 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases and one death," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters in Geneva.The previous figure given by the WHO, for the period up to June 22, was 3,413 cases.

"The WHO continues to ask countries to pay particular attention to monkeypox cases to try to stop further infections."

 

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