WHO announced that the multi -country monkey acne epidemic constitutes "internationally concerned emergencies in public health"

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, July 23 (Reporter Liu Qu) Tan Desai, Director -General of the World Health Organization, announced on the 23rd that the epidemic of monkey acne epidemic that has been spread in 75 countries and regions has constituted a "international concern public health incident" This is the highest -level public health alert currently released by the WHO.

Tan Desai convened the WHO Emergency Committee for the second time on the 21st to discuss the epidemic of monkey acne, but the committee failed to reach a consensus on whether the epidemic constituted the "emergencies of international concern". However, at a press conference on the 23rd, Tan Desai still decided to announce the increase in the alert of the monkey acne epidemic to this highest level.

Tan Desai said that in accordance with the International Health Regulations, five factors need to be considered when deciding whether the epidemic constitutes a "international concern public health incident".

First of all, the information provided by various countries shows that the acne virus has quickly spread to many countries that have never occurred before; second, the three criteria of the "International Health Regulations" announced by the "International Health Regulations", monkeys The acne epidemic has been satisfied; third, although the emergency committee has not reached a consensus, it is determined to provide support for the decision of the general office; fourth, the scientific principles, evidence, and other related information of monkey acne are not sufficient, and many unknown still exist in many unknown. Fifth, monkeys causing risks to human health, may form international communication, and have potential interference with international transportation.

At the same time, Tan Desai added that although he announced that the monkey acne epidemic has constituted a "international concern public health incident", "as far as the current is concerned, this is a concentrated in male actor, especially with multiple personal partners The outbreak of the male outbreak ". Therefore, the epidemic can be prevented by adopting the correct strategy in the correct group.

The WHO Emergency Committee held a meeting on the epidemic of the monkey acne for the first time in June, and then suggested to Tan Dezai that the epidemic was not set as "international concern public health incidents." According to the WHO data, 75 countries and regions have reported to the organization more than 16,000 cases, of which 5 of them have died. The current evaluation of the WHO's epidemic is that it is a high risk in European regions alone, and the risks in the world and other regions are medium.

Monkey acne is a kind of viral human and animal disease, which is caused by monkey acne virus infection. In the past few weeks, many European and American countries have reported multiple cases of pox virus clusters, most of which are male actors. WHO said that the cases of monkey acne often occur in Western Africa and China Africa, while the diagnosis and suspected cases reported by many countries have no history of travel in the popular region of monkey acne. This situation is not normal.

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