Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global health emergency, Australia stated on Thursday that the spread of monkeypox was now a “communicable disease occurrence of national concern” to enable a more coordinated response.
The National Incident Centre has been opened, according to Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, to improve coordination across Australia’s states and territory to manage the outbreak.
Kelly reported that there have been 44 instances of monkeypox in Australia, with the majority of cases occurring in travelers who have returned from abroad, and that there have been 20,311 cases worldwide this year in 71 nations that have never previously reported occurrences of monkeypox.
According to him, the illness is much less dangerous and contagious than COVID-19.
Following the UN health agency’s declaration that the spreading outbreaks in numerous countries constitute a global emergency, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged males at risk of contracting monkeypox to think about lowering their sexual partners “for the moment.”
According to media reports, the WHO stated that more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported internationally from 78 different countries, with the bulk occurring in Europe.
According to Tedros, gay, bisexual, and other males who have sex with men account for 98% of the cases of monkeypox that have been identified since the outbreaks began in May. He urged individuals who might be at risk to take precautions.
For males who have sex with men, “it involves making safe decisions for yourself and others,” Tedros added. “For the time being, this involves lowering your number of sexual partners.”
“An outbreak like this can be stopped. Lowering the danger of exposure is the best course of action to take “Tedros spoke at a press conference while in Geneva. That entails making wise decisions for both you and other people.
“An outbreak like this can be stopped. lowering the danger of exposure is the best course of action to take “Tedros spoke at a press conference while in Geneva. That entails making wise decisions for both you and other people.
To protect all high-risk groups against the epidemic of monkeypox, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that between 5 million and 10 million doses of the vaccine will be required.
According to WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan, monkeypox is being renamed to prevent the name from being “weaponized” or applied in a discriminatory manner.
The WHO deemed the epidemic a worldwide health emergency on Saturday.
According to the WHO, the current outbreak has resulted in 10% of patients being hospitalized and five deaths, all of which were in Africa.
