W.H.O.’s Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a recent declaration said:  “We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria.

“This process demonstrates once again that this vital tool needs to be sharpened to make it more effective.”

More than 14,000 monkeypox cases have now been detected across the globe in more than 70 countries and territories, according to the WHO. Thus far, five deaths have been reported, all of which have occurred in Africa.

In the United States, more than 2,300 cases are confirmed or suspected in states and the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New York, a total of 679 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed, with the vast majority of them — 94% — detected in New York City, state officials said on Wednesday.

Latest epidemiological summary from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 17 new cases of monkeypox in 12 states.They are: Ondo (three cases); Adamawa (two); Bayelsa (two); Delta (two); Anambra (one); Borno (one); Edo (one); Gombe (one); Katsina (one); Kogi (one); Plateau (one) and Lagos (one).

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