WHO will evaluate whether the epidemic of the monkey acne constitutes "the international concern of the emergencies of public health"

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, June 14th (Reporter Liu Qu) The World Health Organization said on the 14th that the WHO Emergency Committee meeting will be held on the 23rd of this month to evaluate whether the epidemic of monkey acne currently outbreak of many countries in the world constitutes "international concern. Urban public health events. "

The Director -General of the WHO Tan Desai said at a press conference on the 14th that the epidemic of monkey acne outbreaks was unusual and worrying. According to the "International Health Regulations", the WHO Emergency Committee decided to hold a meeting on the 23rd to evaluate whether the currently concerned about the "emergencies of international attention".

The latest data released by the WHO show that there are currently 39 countries that have reported to WHO more than 1,600 diagnostic diagnosis cases and nearly 1,500 suspected cases, and most of the confirmed cases come from Europe. Among the 39 countries, 7 national acne epidemic has many years of countries and 32 new outbreaks.

WHO officials said at a press conference that although WHO is coordinating with member states and vaccine manufacturers to form a mechanism to ensure fair obtaining monkey acne vaccines, WHO does not recommend large -scale monkey acne vaccines.

Monkey acne is a kind of viral human and animal disease. Monkey acne virus can be transmitted to people by close contact with animals. In the past few weeks, many European and American countries have reported multiple cases of pox virus clusters. WHO stated that the epidemic of monkey acne often occurs in West Africa and China Africa, while the diagnosis and suspected cases reported by many countries have no history of travel in the epidemic region of monkey acne. This situation is not normal. At present, WHO evaluates the global public health risk of monkey acne.

"Internationally concerned emergencies" is the world's highest -level public health incident that WHO can release. At the end of January 2020, the WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constitutes a "international concern public health incident."

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