WHO announced that the epidemic of monkey acne is "internationally concerned emergencies in public health incidents"

[Global Times reporter Zhang Penghui] On July 23, the World Health Organization announced that the epidemic of monkey acne was "an international public health incident." On the 21st, the World Health Organization Emergency Committee met again to study the current monkey acne epidemic, arguing that the epidemic of the monkey acne has constituted "the international concern public health incident."

The Director -General of the WHO Tan Desai said that although the risk of the current impact of monkey acne epidemic is still low, its risk of further spreading in the world is obvious. The current epidemic is rapidly spreading globally, but people know very little about the new mode of spreading the virus, which is in line with the standard of "international concern" in the International Health Regulations.

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On June 23, the World Health Organization Emergency Committee met for the first time to discuss the global epidemic and response. At that time, the committee unanimously decided that the Director -General of the WHO for the time being not listed as a "international concern public health incident." However, at the time, the committee also stated that if the number of cases reported in the report increased, the incident should be re -evaluated immediately. Data from WHO show that there are more than 14,000 cases of acne cases worldwide. There are also statistics from international institutions that the total number of acne infections in global reports has exceeded 15,000.

Earlier, the WHO introduced the technical guidance provided by supporting countries to respond to monkey acne epidemic, including strengthening monitoring, isolation cases, confirming and monitoring contacts, strengthening laboratory and testing capabilities, and adopting clinical management in health care and community environment. And infection prevention and control measures, avoid the stigma of the epidemic, and provide stable diagnosis and treatment pathway.

According to the news provided by the WHO, monkey acne is a viral human and animals and animals, which is caused by monkey acne virus. It is transmitted to the infected people or animals or contact with virus -contaminated objects to Human beings, close contact with skin injury, body fluids, respiratory tract droplets, and bedding, such as pollutants can spread between people. The typical manifestations of monkey acne are fever, rash and lymphadenopathy, and may cause a series of complications. The WHO said that monkey acne is usually a self -limited disease with symptoms lasting for 2 to 4 weeks, but there may also be severe cases and even cause death.

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