Sudden!WHO announced that the epidemic of monkey acne epidemic constitutes a "public health incident in international attention", and a total of more than 16,000 cases have been confirmed in the world.

According to CCTV news reports, the World Health Organization announced on July 23 that monkey acne epidemic in many countries and regions constituted the "PHEIC" (PHEIC).

This is the highest -level alert issued by WHO.

CNBC reports that this means that the WHO now regards the epidemic of monkey acne as a major threat to global human health. It is necessary to take coordinated international response measures to prevent the virus from further spread and upgrade to great popularity.

Last month, the WHO also believed that the epidemic of the monkey acne has not constituted the global emergency, but in the past few weeks, the rate of infection of monkey acne infection has increased significantly, which has caused the Director -General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to eventually release the highest highest release Level alarm.

According to the WHO data, from the beginning of the year to the present, 75 countries and regions around the world have reported a total of 16,000 cases of acne. From the end of June to the beginning of July, the number of cases of diagnosis of infection increased by 77%. Since the beginning of this year, 5 people in Africa have died due to infection of monkey acne viruses, but there are no death cases outside Africa.

CNBC reports that Europe is currently the "earthquake" of monkey acne epidemic, and more than 80%of the cases of acne infection diagnosed worldwide in 2022 are in Europe. In early May of this year, Britain reported a case of a tourist who returned from Nigeria to carry monkey acne virus. A few days later, Britain reported three other cases of acne, which seemed to be infected locally. Subsequently, other European countries, Canada, and the United States have begun to confirm the case. But it is not clear where the epidemic has come from.

Monkey acne is a kind of viral human and animal disease. Monkey acne virus can be transmitted to people by close contact with animals. Generally speaking, this infectious disease occurs mostly in West Africa and China Africa, but the current round of infection spreads up to Europe, Asia, and America, and there are no monkeys and suspected cases reported by many countries in many countries. History is in line with the characteristics of "extraordinary incidents" by WHO.

As of now, WHO has announced a total of seven PHEICs, which are the 2009 H1N1 influenza epidemic; in 2014, the spinal cord grayicitis epidemic; 2014 in the Ebola epidemic in West Africa; 2015-2016 Zika virus epidemic; 2018 to 2019 Congo Congo Ebola epidemic; New crown epidemic in 2020; and the epidemic of monkey acne announced today.

"Daily Economic News" reporter noticed that according to the "International Health Regulations" signed in 2005, PHEIC refers to the public health risks of certain diseases that constituted a public health risk of some diseases. The main role of announcing PHEIC is to sound alarm, calling on the international community to support financial, resources, and medical care in the influence of the epidemic in the international community to ensure the transparency of the development of the epidemic. Essence

At the end of January 2020, the WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constitutes a "international concern public health incident." On March 11, 2020, WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constituted "Pandemic" to highlight the severity of the new crown virus in the world. However, there is no unified official definition at present, and it has not been included in the formal infectious disease classification system of the WHO.

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