The WHO intends to rename it for monkey acne

The World Health Organization said on the 14th that it will officially renamed monkey acne virus and their diseases to prevent stigma and discrimination.

According to the US "Times" report, the Director -General of the WHO Tan Dezai said on the same day that the organization was a renamed Essence

More than 30 scientists in the world said in an open letter last week that as far as the global outbreak is concerned, the name of the use of monkey acne is not accurate, and there are stigma and discrimination.

They said that the name of the monkey acne does not conform to the current guidance principles of the WHO's new discovery of infectious diseases. In 2015, WHOs and other institutions proposed that when the newly discovered infectious diseases were named, the names of the use of neutral and general terms instead of characters, places, animals, food and occupations were advocated.

According to the BBC, WHO is currently inquiring with acne virus experts to find more suitable names for monkey acne. Although this virus is called monkey acne, its main host is actually rodent. Monkey acne and smallpox belong to acne virus. Since the first case of human acne infection in 1970, this virus has been spread in West Africa or parts of China, and has recently developed confirmed cases in many non -influx countries.

According to the World Health Organization data, there are 1,600 cases of diaphragm in the world and 32 non -epidemic countries in the world ’s 7 -in -countries and 32 non -epidemic countries. Nearly 1,500 cases of suspected cases were suspected of. Most of the confirmed cases come from Europe, and death cases come from monkey acne popular countries.

Tan Desai said that the epidemic of the monkey acne is unusual and worrying about the global outbreak. According to the "International Health Regulations", the WHO Emergency Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting on the 23rd to evaluate whether the current public health incident of the monkey acne epidemic constitutes "international concern".

(Source: CCTV News Client)

【Edit: Zhang Jing】

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