For example, the coronavirus pandemic, the Ebola epidemic in Congo and the spread of poliovirus have been declared international public health threats.
The World Health Organization says monkey pox is not currently classified as an international public health threat.
WHO Secretary – General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says in a statement that the spread of the disease has been very worrying even though it is not a global threat right now.
– The meeting of the committee itself shows how the concern about the international spread of the disease has increased, says Ghebreyesus.
The health organization met earlier this week for an emergency meeting to discuss the possible classification of monkey pox at the organization’s highest threat rating.
For example, the coronavirus pandemic, the Ebola epidemic in Congo and the spread of poliovirus have been declared international public health threats.
– The Emergency Committee shared serious concerns about the scale and speed of the current epidemic, pointing out that many issues are still unclear and that there are gaps in the current data, Ghebreyesus said on the organisation’s website published (switch to another service)in his speech.
Four infections in Finland
During the current year, the WHO has reported about 3,000 cases of smallpox infection and one disease-related death from about 50 countries where the disease has not generally been detected.
Nearly 1,500 infections and about 70 disease-related deaths have been reported this year in central Africa, where monkey pox is more common, according to Reuters.
Since the beginning of May, monkey pox has been detected outside West and Central Africa. In African countries, monkeypox has occurred locally. Most of the new infections have been detected in Western Europe.
Department of Health and Welfare THL according to (you switch to another service) A total of four monkey pox infections have been diagnosed in Finland this year, all of which have been acquired abroad. According to THL, monkeypox is poorly transmitted between people and is not typically transmitted in short encounters in everyday life.
Normal onset symptoms of monkey pox include high fever, swollen lymph nodes, and vesicular rash.
However, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has said that there have not always been flu-like symptoms in current cases, and rashes are sometimes limited to certain areas.