Monkeypox: Cases declining globally but rising in the Americas | Finance | Economie

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the incidence of monkeypox has decreased globally, clearly Except for the American continent, where it continued to increase.

(Colombia doubles monkeypox cases: number rises to 273).

The number of laboratory-confirmed cases has increased to 41,664 in 96 countries Twelve deaths were reported.

After four consecutive weeks of surge in infections, last week gave a break with a 21% fewer new cases were registeredwhich totaled 5907.

“This decrease could reflect the first signs of a decline in cases in Europe, which have not yet been confirmed,” iRefers to the WHO’s weekly epidemiological report devoted to the outbreak of monkeypox.

(35 human cases of a new virus of animal origin were discovered in China.)

This outbreak began in Europe last May and was the first seen outside the group of countries in Central Africa, where the disease was endemic. Soon the virus crossed the Atlantic Ocean and Cases are beginning to increase dramatically in the United States and some South American countries.

The United States is now the country with the most cumulative cases, followed by Spain, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Peru and Portugal, in that order. Both Iran and Indonesia reported their first cases last week.

EFE

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