Smallpox The WHO is announcing today whether monkeypox is classified as an international public health threat

World the WHO is due to report today, Friday, whether the spread of monkey pox is an international public health threat. The health organization met for an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the topic.

An international public health threat is the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) by previously declared, for example, a coronavirus pandemic, the Ebola epidemic in Congo and the spread of poliovirus.

In addition, information on a possible new name for the disease is expected. More than 30 researchers proposed renaming the monkey pox earlier in June because the current name was inaccurate, discriminatory and stigmatizing.

Consuming A total of 40 cases of monkeypox have been reported to the WHO during the year. The latest to join the list was South Africa on Thursday, where the country’s first monkey pox case was diagnosed.

THL: n by A total of four monkey pox infections have been diagnosed in Finland this year, all of which have been acquired abroad.

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.

Monkey pox was first found in macaque monkeys, but many cases are believed to have spread to humans from rodents.